磊

磊	U+78CA, 磊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78CA

← 磉
[U+78C9]

CJK Unified Ideographs

磋 →
[U+78CB]

磊	U+F947, 磊 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F947

← 牢
[U+F946]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

賂 →
[U+F948]

Translingual

Han character

磊 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一口一口口 (MRMRR), four-corner 1066₁, composition ⿱石砳)

Derived characters

𠐞, 𡂳, 𡓃, 𢤡, 㩡, 𤂬, 𤢿, 㰁, 𤑭, 𥗐, 𥫌, 𦇒, 𫴷, 𨇒, 𨊚, 𨏒(𰺢), 𠁻, 𬅓, 𩟬, 𩧍, 𩽊, 𪒽
㔏, 𪿸, 𫡎, 𪤬, 𰘾, 𡾏, 藞, 𡕎, 𥶲, 𡤟, 𥗧, 𥗤, 𩯹, 𧖌, 𢋧, 𤻳, 𡾷

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 834, character 26
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24394
Dae Jaweon: page 1251, character 23
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2447, character 3
Unihan data for U+78CA

Unihan data for U+F947

Chinese

simp. and trad.		磊
2nd round simp.		𰦫

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 磊
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
藞	*raːlʔ
磊	*ruːlʔ

Triplication of 石 (“stone”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lěi (lei³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lúi

(Teochew, Peng'im): lui²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lěi
  - Wade–Giles: lei³
  - Yale: lěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leei
  - Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: leoi⁵
  - Yale: léuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lúi
  - Tâi-lô: luí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: luie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lui²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lúi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lui⁵²/

Middle Chinese: lwojX

Rime
Character	磊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	落猥切
Baxter	lwojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luʌi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/luoi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/luɒi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwəj^X/
Li Rong	/luᴀi^X/
Wang Li	/luɒi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/luɑ̆i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ruːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磊
Reading #	1/1
No.	7767
Phonetic component
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	磥
Old Chinese	/*ruːlʔ/
Notes	同磥

Definitions

磊

appearance of piles of rocks
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to pile up
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) large; tall

Compounds

光明磊落 (guāngmínglěiluò)
塊磊 / 块磊
嶔崎磊落 / 嵚崎磊落
抑塞磊落
磊塊 / 磊块
磊砢
磈磊
磊磊 (lěilěi)
磊磊落落 (lěilěiluòluò)
磊落 (lěiluò)
磊落不羈 / 磊落不羁
磊落軼蕩 / 磊落轶荡

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lěi (lei³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): log⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lěi
  - Wade–Giles: lei³
  - Yale: lěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leei
  - Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: leoi⁵
  - Yale: léuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: log⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lok̚⁴/

Definitions

磊

only used in 磊口

Japanese

Kanji

磊

(Hyōgai kanji)

lots of stones

Readings

Go-on: らい (rai)
Kan-on: らい (rai)
Nanori: こいし (koishi)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
磊
こいし Hyōgai
nanori

For pronunciation and definitions of 磊 – see the following entry.

【小石こいし】

[noun] pebble, stone

[proper noun] a surname

Alternative spelling
礫

(This term, 磊, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

磊 • (roe>noe) (hangeul 뢰>뇌, revised roe>noe, McCune–Reischauer roe>noe, Yale loy>noy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

磊: Hán Nôm readings: lỗi

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