驪

See also: 孋 and 骊

驪	U+9A6A, 驪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A6A

← 驩
[U+9A69]

CJK Unified Ideographs

驫 →
[U+9A6B]

驪	U+F987, 驪 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F987

← 閭
[U+F986]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

麗 →
[U+F988]

Translingual

Han character

驪 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+19, 29 strokes, cangjie input 尸火一一心 (SFMMP), four-corner 7131₁, composition ⿰馬麗)

Descendants

骊 (Simplified Chinese)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1447, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45090
Dae Jaweon: page 1972, character 31
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4585, character 4
Unihan data for U+9A6A

Unihan data for U+F987

Chinese

trad.		驪
simp.		骊

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *reːl, *rel): semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 麗 (OC *reːls, *rel).

Etymology

The horses' coat-color 鸝 is possibly related to the birds' color 鸝.

Schuessler (2009) minimally reconstructs 驪 (OC *rê ~ re), which he relates to 盧 (OC *râ) (minimally reconstructed) by pointing out the vowel alternation *a vs. *e ~ i (Schuessler, 2007).

See 盧 for more.

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, lej

Rime
Character	驪	驪
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	呂支切	郎奚切
Baxter	lje	lej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇ/	/lei/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛ/	/lei/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɛ/	/lɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liə̆/	/lɛj/
Li Rong	/lie/	/lei/
Wang Li	/lǐe/	/liei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lie̯/	/liei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí	lí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei⁴	lai⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*reːl/, /*rel/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	驪	驪
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7910	7918
Phonetic component	丽	丽
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	黎	離
Old Chinese	/*reːl/	/*rel/

Definitions

驪

(literary) pure black horse
- 四驪濟濟、垂轡濔濔。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  四骊济济、垂辔沵沵。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Sì lí jǐjǐ, chuí pèi mǐmǐ. [Pinyin]
  Her four black horses are beautiful, and soft look the reins as they hang.
(～山) Mount Li in Shaanxi province
(alt. form 孋／㛤) historical tribe in ancient China
See also: 驪戎
a surname

Compounds

句驪 / 句骊
探驪得珠 / 探骊得珠
探驪獲珠 / 探骊获珠
牝牡驪黃 / 牝牡骊黄
驪姬 / 骊姬
驪姬之亂 / 骊姬之乱
驪山 / 骊山 (Líshān)
驪山老母 / 骊山老母
驪戎 / 骊戎
驪歌 / 骊歌 (lígē)
驪珠 / 骊珠 (lízhū)
驪珠串 / 骊珠串
驪駒 / 骊驹
驪駒在門 / 骊驹在门

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Chí (Chi²)

(Zhuyin): ㄔˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Chí
  - Zhuyin: ㄔˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Chíh
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻih²
  - Yale: Chŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyr
  - Palladius: Чи (Či)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/

Definitions

驪

only used in 驪靬／骊靬 (Chíqián)

Japanese

Kanji

驪

(Hyōgai kanji)

pair of horses
lustrous black horse

Readings

On (unclassified): り (ri)、れい (rei)
Kun: くろこま (kurokoma)、くろうま (kurouma)

Compounds

驪馬(りば) (riba)
驪駒(りく) (riku)
驪竜(りりゅう) (riryū)
驪珠(りしゅ) (rishu)
鉄驪(てつり) (tetsuri)

Korean

Hanja

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

A pure black horse
A pair of horses

Vietnamese

Han character

驪: Hán Nôm readings: li

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References

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