利器

Chinese

 
advantage; benefit; profit
advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
device; tool; utensil
trad. (利器) 利 器
simp. #(利器) 利 器

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 利 器
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 脂 (15) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 力至切 去冀切
Baxter lijH khijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/liɪH/ /kʰˠiɪH/
Pan
Wuyun
/liH/ /kʰᵚiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ljɪH/ /kʰiɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/liH/ /kʰjiH/
Li
Rong
/liH/ /kʰjiH/
Wang
Li
/liH/ /kʰiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/liH/ /kʰiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lì qì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lei6 hei3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 利 器
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lì qì
Middle
Chinese
‹ lijH › ‹ khijH ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.ri[t]-s/ /*[kʰ]r[ə][t]-s/
English sharp; profit vessel; instrument

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 利 器
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7898 10173
Phonetic
component
利 器
Rime
group
至 隊
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
利 器
Old
Chinese
/*rids/ /*kʰrɯds/

Noun

利器

  1. sharp weapon
  2. good tool; excellent instrument

Synonyms

  • (good tool): (literary) 利用 (lìyòng)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (利器):
  • → Japanese: 利器(りき) (riki)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
利 器
り
Grade: 4
き
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
利器 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

利(り)器(き) • (riki) 

  1. sharp weapon
  2. convenient instrument
  3. useful talent

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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