棙

棙 U+68D9, 棙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68D9 ← 棘 [U+68D8] CJK Unified Ideographs 棚 → [U+68DA]

Translingual

Han character

棙 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木竹尸大 (DHSK) or 木戈尸大 (DISK) or 難木竹尸大 (XDHSK), composition ⿰木戾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 532, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14939
• Dae Jaweon: page 921, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1239, character 6
• Unihan data for U+68D9

Chinese

trad.		棙
simp. #		棙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁶

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• 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: lai⁶
    • Yale: laih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²²/

Definitions

棙

1. obstinate
2. to draw the fingers across
3. to steer

Japanese

Kanji

棙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): れい (rei); らい (rai); れつ (retsu); れち (rechi)
• Kun: からくり (karakuri); ねじる (nejiru); ねじき (nejiki)