莉

莉	U+8389, 莉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8389

← 莈
[U+8388]

CJK Unified Ideographs

莊 →
[U+838A]

Translingual

Han character

莉 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹木弓 (THDN), four-corner 4492₀, composition ⿱艹利)

Derived characters

𠍆, 𣼵, 㻳

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1033, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31034
Dae Jaweon: page 1492, character 25
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3219, character 17
Unihan data for U+8389

Chinese

trad.		莉
simp. ^#		莉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
犁	riːl, ril
黎	*riːl
莉	riːl, r'il, *r'i
黧	*riːl
鯬	riːl, ril
筣	riːl, ri
蔾	riːl, ril
藜	*riːl
邌	*riːl
瓈	*riːl
鵹	*rel
棃	*ril
梨	*ril
蟍	*ril
蜊	*ril
鑗	*ril
利	*rids
痢	*rids
浰	*riːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *riːl, *r'il, *r'i): semantic 艹 + phonetic 利 (OC *rids).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lei⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lei⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lē / lī / nī

(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: lei⁶
  - Yale: leih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē
  - Tâi-lô: lē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: le
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /le²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī
  - Tâi-lô: lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: li
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /li³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /li²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nī
  - Tâi-lô: nī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ni
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /nĩ³³/

Note:

lē - literary;
lī/nī - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: li⁶
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lĭ
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/

Middle Chinese: drij, dri, lej

Rime
Character	莉	莉	莉
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	澄 (11)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	之 (19)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	IV
Fanqie	直尼切	直之切	郎奚切
Baxter	drij	dri	lej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiɪ/	/ɖɨ/	/lei/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚi/	/ɖɨ/	/lei/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɪ/	/ȡie/	/lɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖji/	/ɖɨ/	/lɛj/
Li Rong	/ȡji/	/ȡiə/	/lei/
Wang Li	/ȡi/	/ȡĭə/	/liei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi/	/ȡʱi/	/liei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chí	chí	lí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci⁴	ci⁴	lai⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*riːl/, /*r'il/, /*r'i/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莉	莉	莉
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	7881	7900	7902
Phonetic component	利	利	利
Rime group	脂	脂	之
Rime subdivision	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	黎	墀	治
Old Chinese	/*riːl/	/*r'il/	/*r'i/

Definitions

莉

used in 茉莉 (mòlì)

Japanese

Kanji

莉

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

Go-on: らい (rai)
Kan-on: れい (rei)
Kan’yō-on: り (ri)

Synonyms

(pear): 梨(り) (ri)

Korean

Hanja

莉 • (ri>i) (hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune–Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

莉 (lị, lài, lý, lợi, nhài)