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蕾
蕾
Translingual
Han character
蕾 (radical 140 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿一月田 (TMBW), four-corner 44603, composition ⿱艹雷)
References
- KangXi: page 1059, character 48
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32067
- Dae Jaweon: page 1523, character 29
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3300, character 18
- Unihan data for U+857E
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
蕾 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (畾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 摞 | *roːl, *roːls |
| 騾 | *roːl |
| 螺 | *roːl |
| 蔂 | *roːl, *rul |
| 虆 | *roːl, *rul |
| 瘰 | *roːlʔ |
| 礌 | *ruːl, *ruːls |
| 雷 | *ruːl |
| 擂 | *ruːl, *ruːls |
| 攂 | *ruːl, *ruːls |
| 礧 | *ruːll, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls |
| 儡 | *ruːl, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls |
| 瓃 | *ruːl, *rul, *ruls |
| 櫑 | *ruːl, *ruːlʔ |
| 鑘 | *ruːl, *ruːlʔ |
| 鐳 | *ruːl |
| 畾 | *ruːl |
| 轠 | *ruːl, *rulʔ |
| 罍 | *ruːl |
| 蕾 | *ruːlʔ |
| 癗 | *ruːlʔ |
| 磥 | *ruːlʔ |
| 累 | *ruːls, *rolʔ, *rols |
| 儽 | *ruːls, *rul |
| 樏 | *rolʔ, *rul |
| 鸓 | *rul, *rulʔ |
| 嫘 | *rul |
| 纍 | *rul, *ruls |
| 欙 | *rul |
| 纝 | *rul |
| 壘 | *rulʔ |
| 櫐 | *rulʔ |
| 蘽 | *rulʔ |
| 藟 | *rulʔ |
| 讄 | *rulʔ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ
- Wade-Giles: lei3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leei
- IPA (key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: leoi5, leoi4
- Yale: léuih, lèuih
- Cantonese Pinyin: loey5, loey4
- IPA (key): /lɵy̯¹³/, /lɵy̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蕾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 灰 (42) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 落猥切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/luʌiX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/luoiX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/luɒiX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/lwəjX/ |
| Li Rong |
/luᴀiX/ |
| Wang Li |
/luɒiX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/luɑ̆iX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
lěi |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蕾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7719 |
| Phonetic component |
畾 |
| Rime group |
微 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
磥 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ruːlʔ/ |
Definitions
蕾
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Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
蕾
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Noun
蕾 (hiragana つぼみ, romaji tsubomi)
- bud (of a flower)