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歷

歷

See also: 歴 and 历

Translingual

Traditional 歷
Shinjitai 歴
Simplified 历

Han character

歷 (radical 77 止+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一竹木一 (MHDM) or 一木卜中一 (MDYLM), four-corner 71211, composition ⿸厤止)

Related characters

References

  • KangXi: page 577, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16340
  • Dae Jaweon: page 968, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1445, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6B77

Chinese

trad. 歷
simp. 历

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (秝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
秝 *reːɡ
歷 *reːɡ
曆 *reːɡ
磿 *reːɡ
靂 *reːɡ
癧 *reːɡ
櫪 *reːɡ
藶 *reːɡ
瀝 *reːɡ
攊 *reːɡ
厤 *reːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *reːɡ) : phonetic 厤 ‎(OC *reːɡ) + semantic 止 ‎(“stay”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 歷
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 錫 (127)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 郎擊切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /lek̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /lek̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /lɛk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lɛjk̚/
Li
Rong		 /lek̚/
Wang
Li		 /liek̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /liek̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lì
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 歷
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 lì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ lek ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[r]ˤek/
English pass by; in turn

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 歷
Reading # 1/1
No. 7980
Phonetic
component		 秝
Rime
group		 錫
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 靂
Old
Chinese		 /*reːɡ/

Definitions

歷

  1. take place
  2. past
  3. history

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

歷

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. take place, past, history

Readings

Korean

Hanja

歷 • ‎(ryeok>yeok) (hangeul 력>역, revised ryeok>yeok, McCune-Reischauer ryŏk>yŏk, Yale lyek>yek)

  1. go through
  2. experience
  3. undergo
  4. use up
  5. exhaust

Vietnamese

Han character

歷 (lịch, lếch, lệch, rếch)

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