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礫

礫

See also: 砾

Translingual

Han character

礫 (radical 112 石+15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 一口女戈木 (MRVID), four-corner 12694)

  1. gravel, pebbles

References

  • KangXi: page 838, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24572
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1255, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2463, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+792B

Chinese

trad. 礫
simp. 砾

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (樂) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
樂 *ŋraːwɢs, *raːwɢ, *ŋraːwɢ
轢 *raːd, *raːwɢ, *reːwɢ
濼 *pqʰlaːwɢ, *raːwɢ, *reːwɢ, *pqʰloːwɢ, *roːwɢ, *roːwɢ
躒 *raːwɢ, *reːwɢ
擽 *rawɢ, *reːwɢ
爍 *qʰljawɢ
鑠 *qʰljawɢ
藥 *lawɢ
櫟 *lawɢ, *reːwɢ
纅 *lawɢ
礫 *reːwɢ
瓅 *reːwɢ
皪 *reːwɢ
觻 *reːwɢ, *roːwɢ
嚛 *qʰloːwɢ, *qʰloːwɢ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 礫
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 礫
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 lì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ lek ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[r]ˤewk/
English pebbles

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 礫
Reading # 1/1
No. 7685
Phonetic
component		 樂
Rime
group		 藥
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 靂
Old
Chinese		 /*reːwɢ/

Definitions

礫

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Compounds

  • 土礫／土砾
  • 沙礫／沙砾
  • 瓦礫／瓦砾 (wǎlì)
  • 石礫／石砾
  • 砂礫／砂砾
  • 砂礫礦床／砂砾矿床
  • 磧礫／碛砾
  • 礫岩／砾岩 (lìyán)
  • 礫石／砾石
  • 礫耕栽培／砾耕栽培
  • 角礫岩／角砾岩 (jiǎolìyán)
  • 飛沙揚礫／飞沙扬砾
  • 飛沙走礫／飞沙走砾
  • 飛砂揚礫／飞砂扬砾
  • 飛礫／飞砾

References

Japanese

Kanji

礫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Noun

礫 ‎(hiragana れき, romaji reki)

  1. gravel

礫 ‎(hiragana こいし, romaji koishi)

  1. small stone, pebble

Korean

Hanja

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

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