See also:
U+5008, 倈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5008

[U+5007]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5009]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 9, +8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人木人人 (ODOO), composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 107, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 755
  • Dae Jaweon: page 227, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 172, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5008

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rɯ): semantic (person) + phonetic (OC *m·rɯːɡ).

Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter li
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɨ/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɨ/
Shao
Rongfen
/lie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɨ/
Li
Rong
/liə/
Wang
Li
/lĭə/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/li/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lei4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 7624
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*rɯ/
Notes

Definitions

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  1. (historical, in Yuan dynasty) errand boy, lackey; (by extension, derogatory) jerk, tool
  2. (opera, in Chinese opera 雜劇杂剧 (zájù)) the role of a child or an errand boy
  3. (opera, in Chinese opera 雜劇杂剧 (zájù)) Used as a filler word or sentence-ending particle.
  4. Used in 咨牙倈嘴咨牙俫嘴 and 打打倈倈打打俫俫.

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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alternative forms 𡥧


Pingxiang Gan

Possibly from (OC *ŋje, “son”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Alternatively, Sagart (2002) treats it as a semantic broadening of 𡥧 (“youngest son”) in a language ancestral to Hakka and Gan.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Hakka, dialectal Gan) son
Synonyms
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Compounds

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Etymology 3

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to come; to arrive; to happen; to occur; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of ).

Etymology 4

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to comfort (a weary person)”).
(This character is an obsolete form of ).

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • Go-on: らい (rai)
  • Kan-on: らい (rai)