勵

See also: 劢 and 励

勵	U+52F5, 勵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52F5

← 勴
[U+52F4]

CJK Unified Ideographs

勶 →
[U+52F6]

勵	U+F97F, 勵 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F97F

← 量
[U+F97E]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

呂 →
[U+F980]

Translingual

Han character

勵 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+15, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一月大尸 (MBKS), four-corner 7422₇, composition ⿰厲力)

Derived characters

𥗠, 䘈

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 149, character 44
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2472
Dae Jaweon: page 338, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 381, character 17
Unihan data for U+52F5

Unihan data for U+F97F

Chinese

trad.		勵
simp.		励

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (萬) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
糲	m·raːds, m·rads, *m·raːd
犡	m·raːds, m·rads
噧	hmreːds, r̥ʰaːd
邁	*mraːds
勱	*mraːds
蠆	*m̥ʰraːds
厲	*m·rads
勵	*m·rads
礪	*m·rads
蠣	*m·rads
蠇	*m·rads
癘	*m·rads
濿	*m·rads
櫔	*m·rads
巁	*m·rads
贎	m·rads, mlans
萬	*mlans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *m·rads): phonetic 厲 (OC *m·rads) + semantic 力.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): li
Eastern Min (BUC): lâ̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lē

(Teochew, Peng'im): li⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lì
  - Wade–Giles: li⁴
  - Yale: lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
  - Palladius: ли (li)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lai⁶
  - Yale: laih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li
  - Hakka Romanization System: li
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lâ̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ɑ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē
  - Tâi-lô: lē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: le
  - IPA (Xiamen): /le²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /le²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /le³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /le³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: li⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/

Middle Chinese: ljejH

Rime
Character	勵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力制切
Baxter	ljejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liaj^H/
Li Rong	/liɛi^H/
Wang Li	/lĭɛi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ɛi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lai⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*m·rads/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	勵
Reading #	1/1
No.	12622
Phonetic component	萬
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	例
Old Chinese	/*m·rads/

Definitions

勵

to encourage
(literary) to strive
a surname

Compounds

勉勵 / 勉励 (miǎnlì)
勵兵秣馬 / 励兵秣马
勵志 / 励志 (lìzhì)
勵節 / 励节
勵精圖治 / 励精图治 (lìjīngtúzhì)
勵精求治 / 励精求治
勵翼 / 励翼
勵行 / 励行
奮勵 / 奋励
彫勵 / 雕励
惕勵 / 惕励
愛的鼓勵 / 爱的鼓励
敦品勵學 / 敦品励学 (dūnpǐnlìxué)
激勵 / 激励 (jīlì)
獎勵 / 奖励 (jiǎnglì)
矯世勵俗 / 矫世励俗
砥名勵節 / 砥名励节
策勵 / 策励 (cèlì)
自勵 / 自励 (zìlì)
風世勵俗 / 风世励俗
鼓勵 / 鼓励 (gǔlì)

Japanese

Shinjitai	励
Kyūjitai	勵

Kanji

勵

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 励)

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Readings

On (unclassified): れい (rei)
Kun: はげむ (hagemu)

Korean

Hanja

勵 (eumhun 힘쓸 려 (himsseul ryeo), word-initial (South Korea) 힘쓸 여 (himsseul yeo))

hanja form^? of 려/여 (“strive”)
hanja form^? of 려/여 (“encourage”)

Vietnamese

Han character

勵: Hán Nôm readings: lệ, lẹ

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