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萊
萊
See also: 莱
Translingual
Han character
萊 (radical 140 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿木人人 (TDOO), four-corner 44908)
References
- KangXi: page 1041, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31262
- Dae Jaweon: page 1499, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3230, character 8
- Unihan data for U+840A
Chinese
| trad. | 萊 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 莱 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 萊
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|---|
| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (來) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 來 | *m·rɯːɡ |
| 萊 | *rɯː, *rɯːs |
| 淶 | *rɯː |
| 徠 | *rɯː, *rɯːs |
| 崍 | *rɯː |
| 郲 | *rɯː, *ruːlʔ, *ruːlʔ |
| 騋 | *rɯː |
| 猍 | *rɯː |
| 鯠 | *rɯː |
| 鶆 | *rɯː |
| 庲 | *rɯː |
| 棶 | *rɯː |
| 斄 | *rɯː, *rɯ |
| 逨 | *rɯː, *rɯːs |
| 麳 | *rɯː |
| 唻 | *rɯːʔ, *rrɯː |
| 賚 | *rɯːs |
| 睞 | *rɯːs |
| 勑 | *rɯːs |
| 誺 | *rɯːs, *r̥ʰɯ, *r̥ʰɯs, *r̥ʰɯs |
| 倈 | *rɯ |
| 憖 | *ŋrɯns |
| 猌 | *ŋrɯns |
| 麥 | *mrɯːɡ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ
- Wade-Giles: lai2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lai
- IPA (key): /laɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: loi4
- Yale: lòih
- Cantonese Pinyin: loi4
- IPA (key): /lɔːi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi
- Tâi-lô: lâi
- Phofsit Daibuun: laai
- IPA (Xiamen): /laɪ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /laɪ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /laɪ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /laɪ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /laɪ²³/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 萊 | 萊 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 咍 (41) | 咍 (41) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 洛哀切 | 落代切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/lʌi/ | /lʌiH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ləi/ | /ləiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/lɒi/ | /lɒiH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ləj/ | /ləjH/ |
| Li Rong |
/lᴀi/ | /lᴀiH/ |
| Wang Li |
/lɒi/ | /lɒiH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/lɑ̆i/ | /lɑ̆iH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
lái | lài |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 萊 | 萊 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 7599 | 7616 |
| Phonetic component |
來 | 來 |
| Rime group |
之 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
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| Old Chinese |
/*rɯː/ | /*rɯːs/ |
Definitions
萊
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Compounds
References
- “Query for 萊”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
萊
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 莱)
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