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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木大尸尸 (DKSS), composition)

References


Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*reːbs
*reːbs, *rebs
*reːbs, *rebs
*hlams, *hlab
*hlams
*raːb, *raːb
*hlab
*hlab
*hlab
*hlab
*ɦleːb
*ɦleːb
*ɦleːb
*ɦleːb

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/leiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/leiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛjH/
Li
Rong
/leiH/
Wang
Li
/lieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13774
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*reːbs/

Definitions

  1. the lychee, a fruit which grows in South China