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劣
劣
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Translingual
Alternative forms
Note that there are two Unicode z-variants, with code points U+52A3 and U+F99D.
Han character
劣 (radical 19 力+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火竹大尸 (FHKS), four-corner 90427, composition ⿱少力)
References
- KangXi: page 146, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2302
- Dae Jaweon: page 330, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 367, character 5
- Unihan data for U+52A3
- Unihan data for U+F99D
- Zhongwen: 劣
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
劣 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 劣
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| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 少 (“little, less”) + 力 (“strength”). 少 also functions as phonetic.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ
- Wade-Giles: lieh4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lieh
- IPA (key): /li̯ɛ⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: lyut3
- Yale: lyut
- Cantonese Pinyin: lyt8
- IPA (key): /lyːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 劣 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing |
/lyɛ⁵¹/ /liɛ⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /liɛ²¹³/ | |
| Tianjin | /lie⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /liə²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /liə⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /lyo²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /lyɛ²¹/ | |
| Xining | /lɨ⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /lie¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /lyə¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /lyɤ²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /nie²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu |
/nie³¹/ /ne³¹/ |
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| Guiyang | /nie²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /liɛ³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /lieʔ⁵/ | |
| Hefei | /liɐʔ⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /lyəʔ²/ |
| Pingyao | /liʌʔ⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /liaʔ⁴³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /liɪʔ¹/ |
| Suzhou | /liəʔ³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /lɑʔ²/ | |
| Wenzhou | /le²¹³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /le²²/ |
| Tunxi | /liɛ¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /lie²⁴/ |
| Xiangtan | /nie²⁴/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /liɛʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /lot̚¹/ |
| Taoyuan | ||
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /lyt̚³/ |
| Nanning | /lyt̚³³/ | |
| Hong Kong | /lyt̚³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /luat̚⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /luɔʔ²³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) |
/lyɛ²⁴/ /liɛ²⁴/ |
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| Shantou (Min Nan) | /luak̚²/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /luak̚⁵/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 劣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 薛 (82) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力輟切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/liuᴇt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/lʷiɛt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ljuæt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/lwiat̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/liuɛt̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/lĭuɛt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/li̯wɛt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
lüè |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 劣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8142 |
| Phonetic component |
劣 |
| Rime group |
月 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
劣 |
| Old Chinese |
/*rod/ |
| Notes | 力少會意，說文少聲非 |
Definitions
劣
Antonyms
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
劣 • (ryeol) (hangeul 렬, revised ryeol, McCune-Reischauer ryŏl)
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