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嫠
嫠
Translingual
Han character
嫠 (radical 38 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十大一女 (JKMV), four-corner 58244, composition ⿸𠩺女)
- a widow
References
- KangXi: page 269, character 36
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6655
- Dae Jaweon: page 537, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1075, character 2
- Unihan data for U+5AE0
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
嫠 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (釐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 犛 | *rɯː, *rɯ, *maːw, *mraːw |
| 釐 | *rɯ |
| 嫠 | *rɯ |
| 剺 | *rɯ |
| 孷 | *rɯ |
| 漦 | *sɦrɯ |
| 氂 | *rɯ, *maːw |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
- Wade-Giles: lih2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
- IPA (key): /li³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: lei4
- Yale: lèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: lei4
- IPA (key): /lei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 嫠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 里之切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/lɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/lɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/lie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/lɨ/ |
| Li Rong |
/liə/ |
| Wang Li |
/lĭə/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/li/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
lí |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 嫠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7803 |
| Phonetic component |
釐 |
| Rime group |
之 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
釐 |
| Old Chinese |
/*rɯ/ |
Definitions
嫠
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
嫠
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
嫠 • (ri) (hangeul 리, revised ri, McCune-Reischauer ri)
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Vietnamese
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