蠡

蠡 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 女人中戈戈 (VOLII), four-corner 2713₆, composition ⿱彖䖵)

1. wood-boring insect
2. bore into wood
3. dipper made from the hard shell of a fruit, such as that of a calabash

• 㒩, 𢥾, 攭, 欚, 㼖, 𦫈, 䤙, 𩽵, 劙, 𤬤, 𧅮, 𤼠
• 𦧽 (Related)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1101, character 41
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33796
• Dae Jaweon: page 1565, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2903, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8821

蠡

1. (literary) gourd ladle

   • 語曰『以筦闚天，以蠡測海，以莛撞鐘』，豈能通其條貫，考其文理，發其音聲哉！ [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     语曰『以筦窥天，以蠡测海，以莛撞钟』，岂能通其条贯，考其文理，发其音声哉！ [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Yǔ yuē ‘yǐ guǎn kuī tiān, yǐ lǐ cè hǎi, yǐ tíng zhuàngzhōng’, qǐ néng tōng qí tiáoguàn, kǎo qí wénlǐ, fā qí yīnshēng zāi! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

蠡

1. (obsolete) to wear out

   • 以追蠡。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad. and simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Yǐ zhuīlǐ. [Pinyin]

     Because at the pivot the knob of Yu's bells is nearly worn through.

2. (～縣) Li County (a county of Hebei, China)

蠡

1. (obsolete) alternative form of 蠃

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): れい (rei)、らい (rai)、り (ri)
• Kun: ひさご (hisago)、にな (nina)

蠡 • (ryeo>yeo) (hangeul 려>여, revised ryeo>yeo, McCune–Reischauer ryŏ>yŏ, Yale lye>ye)

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蠡: Hán Nôm readings: lãi

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