孋

See also: 驪, 儷, and 㛤

孋	U+5B4B, 孋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B4B

← 孊
[U+5B4A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

孌 →
[U+5B4C]

Translingual

Han character

孋 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 女一一心 (VMMP), four-corner 4141₁, composition ⿰女麗)

Descendants

㛤 (Simplified Chinese)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 274, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6911
Dae Jaweon: page 542, character 40
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1091, character 5
Unihan data for U+5B4B

Chinese

trad.		孋
simp.		㛤

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
灑	sreːlʔ, sreːlʔ, srelʔ, srels
籭	sreːl, srel
躧	sreːlʔ, srelʔ
曬	sreːls, srels
廲	*reːl
驪	reːl, rel
鱺	*reːlʔ
欐	reːlʔ, reːls, *srel
丽	*reːls
麗	reːls, rel
儷	*reːls
鸝	*rel
酈	rel, reːɡ
孋	*rel
矖	rel, srelʔ
穲	*rel
邐	*relʔ
彲	*r̥ʰel
釃	srel, srelʔ, *sra
襹	srel, srels
纚	*srelʔ

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lí (li²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lí
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lí
  - Wade–Giles: li²
  - Yale: lí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
  - Palladius: ли (li)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lei⁴
  - Yale: lèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: lje

Rime
Character	孋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	呂支切
Baxter	lje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liə̆/
Li Rong	/lie/
Wang Li	/lǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*rel/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	孋
Reading #	1/1
No.	7921
Phonetic component	丽
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	離
Old Chinese	/*rel/
Notes	見淮南子通驪

Definitions

孋

alternative form of 驪 / 骊 (“name of historical tribe”)
a surname

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

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/

Definitions

孋

(literary) beautiful
alternative form of 儷 / 俪 (lì, “spouse, couple, pair”)

Japanese

Kanji

孋

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): り (ri)、れい (rei)、らい (rai)
Kun: また (mata)、あざな (azana)