荔

荔 U+8354, 荔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8354
← 荓
[U+8353]
CJK Unified Ideographs 荕 →
[U+8355]

Translingual

Han character

荔 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿大尸尸 (TKSS), four-corner 44227, composition ⿱艹劦)

Derived characters

  • 𰑾, 𢲊, 𬃹, 𦴾

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1031, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30865
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3212, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+8354

Chinese

trad. 荔
simp. # 荔
2nd round simp. 艻
alternative forms 茘

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 荔
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Qin slip script Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *reːbs, *rebs) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 劦 (OC *ɦleːb).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • nāi/lāi/nǎi/nūi - vernacular;
  • lē, liān - literary.
    Note:
    • noi7 - vernacular;
    • li6 - literary.
      • Wu
        • (Shanghai):
          • Wugniu: 6li
          • MiniDict: li去
          • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3li
          • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²³/
      • Xiang
        • (Changsha)
          • Wiktionary: li4
          • Sinological IPA (key): /li⁴⁵/

Rime
Character 荔 荔
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 支 (11) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III IV
Fanqie 力智切 郎計切
Baxter ljeH lejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/liᴇH/ /leiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/liɛH/ /leiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ljɛH/ /lɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/liə̆H/ /lɛjH/
Li
Rong
/lieH/ /leiH/
Wang
Li
/lǐeH/ /lieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lie̯H/ /lieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lì lì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lei6 lai6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 荔
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lì
Middle
Chinese
‹ lejH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[r]ˁep-s/
English herb whose roots are made into brushes

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 荔 荔
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 13776 13777
Phonetic
component
劦 劦
Rime
group
蓋 蓋
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
麗 詈
Old
Chinese
/*reːbs/ /*rebs/

Definitions

荔

  1. Alternative name for 馬藺/马蔺 (“Iris lactea”).
  2. Short for 荔枝 (lìzhī, “lychee”).
  3. Used in 薜荔 (bìlì).
  4. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

荔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: らい (rai); り (ri)
  • Kan-on: れい (rei); り (ri)
  • On: れん (ren)
  • Kun: おおにら (ōnira, 荔)

Vietnamese

Han character

荔: Hán Nôm readings: lệ, lê

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