捩

捩 U+6369, 捩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6369 ← 捨 [U+6368] CJK Unified Ideographs 捪 → [U+636A]

Translingual

Han character

捩 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8 in Chinese, 手+7 in Japanese, 11 strokes in Chinese, 10 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 手竹尸大 (QHSK) or 手戈尸大 (QISK) or 難手竹尸大 (XQHSK), four-corner 5303₄, composition ⿰扌戾 (GHT) or ⿰扌戻 (J))

1. twist with hands
2. snap, tear

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 434, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12192
• Dae Jaweon: page 784, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1907, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6369

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
錑	*ruːds
戻	*tʰɯːds
戾	*rɯːds, *rɯːd
綟	*rɯːds, *rɯːd
唳	*rɯːds, *rɯːd
蜧	*rɯːds
捩	*rɯːds, *rɯːd
悷	*rɯːds
淚	*ruds

Etymology 1

trad.		捩
simp. #		捩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liè, lì (lie⁴, li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ, ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lit⁶ / lai⁶ / leoi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lit
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): le̍h / lia̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liè
    • Wade–Giles: lieh⁴
    • Yale: lyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lieh
    • Palladius: ле (le)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (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: lit⁶ / lai⁶ / leoi⁶
    • Yale: liht / laih / leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lit⁹ / lai⁶ / loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lid⁶ / lei⁶ / lêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːt̚²/, /lɐi̯²²/, /lɵy̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lit
    • Hakka Romanization System: lid^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /lit̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍h
    • Tâi-lô: le̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leh
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /leʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /leʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /leʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liat
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛt̚²⁴/

Note:

• le̍h - vernacular;
• lia̍t - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: lejH, let

Rime
Character	捩	捩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	郎計切	練結切
Baxter	lejH	let
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leiH/	/let̚/
Pan Wuyun	/leiH/	/let̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛiH/	/lɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjH/	/lɛt̚/
Li Rong	/leiH/	/let̚/
Wang Li	/lieiH/	/liet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieiH/	/liet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì	liè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lai6	lit6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːds/, /*rɯːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	捩	捩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7946	7949
Phonetic component	戾	戾
Rime group	隊	物
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	麗	𥸸
Old Chinese	/*rɯːds/	/*rɯːd/

Definitions

捩

1. (literary) to turn around
2. (literary) to reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation); to remedy

Compounds

• 捩橫折曲／捩横折曲
• 轉捩點／转捩点 (zhuǎnlièdiǎn)
• 關捩子／关捩子

 

Etymology 2

trad.		捩
simp. #		捩
alternative forms		勒

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): leh / lerh

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: leh
    • Tâi-lô: leh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /leʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lerh
    • Tâi-lô: lerh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ləʔ⁵/

Definitions

捩

1. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to pick up something with one's fingertips, especially with one's thumb and forefinger

References

• “捩”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

捩

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: らい (rai)、れち (rechi)
• Kan-on: れい (rei)、れつ (retsu)
• Kun: ねじる (nejiru, 捩る)、ねじれる (nejireru, 捩れる)、もじる (mojiru, 捩る)、よじる (yojiru, 捩る)

Korean

Hanja

捩 • (ryeol>yeol) (hangeul 렬>열, revised ryeol>yeol, McCune–Reischauer ryŏl>yŏl, Yale lyel>yel)

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