侶

See also: 侣

侶 U+4FB6, 侶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FB6 ← 侵 [U+4FB5] CJK Unified Ideographs 侷 → [U+4FB7]

Translingual

Han character

侶 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人口竹口 (ORHR), four-corner 2626₀, composition ⿰亻呂)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 103, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 647
• Dae Jaweon: page 219, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 147, character 12
• Unihan data for U+4FB6

Chinese

trad.		侶
simp.		侣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǚ (lü³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lír / lú / lí / lǐr / lū / lī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lü³
    • Yale: lyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leu
    • Palladius: люй (ljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leoi⁵
    • Yale: léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír
    • Tâi-lô: lír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú
    • Tâi-lô: lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí
    • Tâi-lô: lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǐr
    • Tâi-lô: lǐr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lū
    • Tâi-lô: lū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lu
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lu²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī
    • Tâi-lô: lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: li
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²²/

Note:

• lír/lú/lí - literary;
• lǐr/lū/lī - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: ljoX

Rime
Character	侶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力舉切
Baxter	ljoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/liɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/liɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/liɔX/
Wang Li	/lĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǚ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	侶
Reading #	1/1
No.	8580
Phonetic component	呂
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	吕
Old Chinese	/*raʔ/
Notes	見王襃論

Definitions

侶

1. companion
2. associate with

Compounds

• 伴侶／伴侣 (bànlǚ)
• 伴侶動物／伴侣动物 (bànlǚ dòngwù)
• 僧侶／僧侣 (sēnglǚ)
• 命儔嘯侶／命俦啸侣
• 情侶／情侣 (qínglǚ)
• 法侶／法侣
• 燕侶／燕侣
• 燕侶鶯儔／燕侣莺俦
• 燕儔鶯侶／燕俦莺侣
• 終身伴侶／终身伴侣
• 行侶／行侣
• 詩朋酒侶／诗朋酒侣
• 鴛侶／鸳侣 (yuānlǚ)
• 鴛儔鳳侶／鸳俦凤侣
• 鵷侶／鹓侣
• 鶯儔燕侶／莺俦燕侣
• 鸞儔鳳侶／鸾俦凤侣

 

Japanese

Kanji

侶

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ろ (ro)
• Kan-on: りょ (ryo, Jōyō)
• Kun: とも (tomo, 侶)

Compounds

• 侶伴(りょばん) (ryoban)

Noun

侶(とも) • (tomo) 

友 (とも, tomo)

朋 (とも, tomo)

伴 (とも, tomo)

1. companion, follower

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 侶 (MC ljoX).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	령〯 (Yale: lyě)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[1]	벋〯 (Yale: pět)	려〮 (Yale: lyé)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾjʌ̹] ~ [jʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [려/여]

Hanja

Wikisource

侶 (eumhun 짝 려 (jjak ryeo), word-initial (South Korea) 짝 여 (jjak yeo))

1. Hanja form^? of 려/여 (“companion”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 승려 (僧侶, seungnyeo)
• 반려 (伴侶, ballyeo)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

侶: Hán Nôm readings: lứa, lữ

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References

• Nom Foundation