儷

See also: 俪
儷 U+5137, 儷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5137
← 儶
[U+5136]
CJK Unified Ideographs 儸 →
[U+5138]

Translingual

Han character

儷 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+19, 21 strokes, cangjie input 人一一心 (OMMP), four-corner 21211, composition ⿰亻麗)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 121, character 36
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1311
  • Dae Jaweon: page 256, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 238, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+5137

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 儷



References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *reːls) : semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 麗 (OC *reːls, *rel).

Etymology 1

trad. 儷
simp. 俪

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 儷
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 郎計切
Baxter lejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/leiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/leiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛjH/
Li
Rong
/leiH/
Wang
Li
/lieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lai6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 儷
Reading # 1/1
No. 7915
Phonetic
component
丽
Rime
group
歌
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
麗
Old
Chinese
/*reːls/

Definitions

儷

  1. married couple
  2. (poetry) of a couplet

Compounds

  • 伉儷/伉俪 (kànglì)
  • 作儷/作俪
  • 倚儷/倚俪
  • 偶儷/偶俪
  • 儔儷/俦俪 (chóulì)
  • 儷事/俪事
  • 儷人/俪人
  • 儷偕/俪偕
  • 儷偶/俪偶
  • 儷劄/俪劄
  • 儷句/俪句
  • 儷對/俪对
  • 儷巧/俪巧
  • 儷影/俪影
  • 儷影雙雙/俪影双双
  • 儷曲/俪曲
  • 儷然/俪然
  • 儷皮/俪皮
  • 儷祉/俪祉
  • 儷裁/俪裁
  • 儷語/俪语
  • 儷走/俪走
  • 儷辭/俪辞
  • 儷采
  • 儷鑒/俪鉴
  • 儷陳/俪陈
  • 儷體/俪体
  • 升儷
  • 參儷/参俪
  • 四六駢儷/四六骈俪
  • 失儷/失俪
  • 嬪儷/嫔俪
  • 棽儷/棽俪
  • 榮諧伉儷/荣谐伉俪
  • 淑儷/淑俪
  • 相儷/相俪
  • 罕儷/罕俪
  • 耦儷/耦俪
  • 諧儷/谐俪
  • 賢伉儷/贤伉俪
  • 配儷/配俪
  • 駢儷/骈俪
  • 駢四儷六/骈四俪六 (piánsìlìliù)
  • 駢枝儷葉/骈枝俪叶
  • 魚儷/鱼俪
  • 鮮儷/鲜俪

Etymology 2

trad. 儷
simp. 俪
alternative forms 㑚
囇
僅/仅

Pronunciation


Definitions

儷

  1. (Eastern Min) only
    伊儷食菜,伓食肉。 [Eastern Min, trad.]
    伊俪食菜,伓食肉。 [Eastern Min, simp.]
    Ĭ nâ siăh>siĕh chái, n̂g-siăh>siĕh nṳ̆k. / [i⁵⁵ nˡɑ²⁴² sieʔ⁵ t͡sʰɑi²¹³ (ŋ̍-)n̩²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ (s-)nieʔ⁵ nˡyʔ⁵] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
    He only eats vegetables, and does not eat meat.

Japanese

Kanji

儷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. companion

Readings

  • On (unclassified): れい (rei)
  • Kun: つれあい (tsureai); ならぶ (narabu)

Korean

Hanja

儷 (eum 려 (ryeo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

儷: Hán Nôm readings: lệ

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References

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