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Translingual

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*roːds, *ruːls
*ronʔ, *rod
*roːd
*roːd, *rod
*rod
*rod, *srod
*rod
*rod
*rud

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *rod) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *rud).

Han character

(radical 32 +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 土月木戈 (GBDI), four-corner 42149, composition)

  1. enclosure, dike, embankment

References

  • KangXi: page 230, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5123
  • Dae Jaweon: page 466, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 446, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+57D2

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (82)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 8591
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*rod/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Kanji in this term
らち
Hyōgaiji
kan'yōon

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana らち, romaji rachi)

  1. a fence built around a stable
  2. a fence built around something
    • 16031604, Nippo Jisho (page 523)
      Rachi. ラチ (埒) 柵・垣. 比喩. Rachiuo aquru. (埒を明くる) 物事をよく解明する。Rachino aita fito. (埒の明いた人)素直で、道理にはすぐに副する人. Rachiuo coyuru, l, yaburu. (埒を越ゆる、または、破る)規則や禁制条項を破る、または、道理に背く.
  3. a partition or limit

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja

(ral) (hangeul , revised ral, McCune-Reischauer ral)

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