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肋

肋

Translingual

Han character

肋 (radical 130 肉+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 月大尸 (BKS), four-corner 74227, composition ⿰⺼力)

  1. ribs
  2. chest

References

  • KangXi: page 973, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29239
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1424, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2043, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+808B

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 肋

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 肋
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (力) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
勒 *rɯːɡ
肋 *rɯːɡ
扐 *rɯːɡ
仂 *rɯːɡ, *rɯɡ
艻 *rɯːɡ
朸 *rɯːɡ, *rɯɡ
玏 *rɯːɡ
泐 *rɯːɡ, *rɯɡ
阞 *rɯːɡ
竻 *rɯːɡ
力 *rɯɡ
屴 *rɯɡ
鳨 *rɯɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 肋
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 德 (131)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 盧則切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /lək̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /lək̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /lək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lək̚/
Li
Rong		 /lək̚/
Wang
Li		 /lək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /lək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lè
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 肋
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 lèi
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ lok ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[r]ˤək/
English rib

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 肋
Reading # 1/1
No. 7845
Phonetic
component		 力
Rime
group		 職
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 勒
Old
Chinese		 /*rɯːɡ/

Definitions

肋

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Japanese

Kanji

肋

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
肋
あばら
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

By extension from 荒, 荒ら ‎(abara), "loosely spaced with sizable gaps", itself possibly related to the root ばら ‎(bara), "scattered".

Pronunciation

Noun

肋 ‎(hiragana あばら, romaji abara)

  1. short for 肋骨 ‎(abarabone): rib (body part)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
肋
ばら
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Shortened from あばら ‎(abara).

Pronunciation

Noun

肋 ‎(hiragana ばら, katakana バラ, romaji bara)

  1. short for 肋肉 ‎(baraniku): rib (meat, generally beef or pork)
Usage notes

This word is more often spelled in hiragana as ばら or in katakana as バラ.

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

肋 • ‎(reuk>neuk) (hangeul 륵>늑, revised reuk>neuk, McCune-Reischauer rŭk>nŭk, Yale luk>nuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

肋 (lặc)

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