倈

See also: 俫

倈 U+5008, 倈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5008 ← 倇 [U+5007] CJK Unified Ideographs 倉 → [U+5009]

Contents

Translingual

Han character

倈 (radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人木人人 (ODOO), composition ⿰亻來)

References

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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (來) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
來	*m·rɯːɡ
萊	*rɯː, *rɯːs
淶	*rɯː
徠	*rɯː, *rɯːs
崍	*rɯː
郲	*rɯː, *ruːlʔ, *ruːlʔ
騋	*rɯː
猍	*rɯː
鯠	*rɯː
鶆	*rɯː
庲	*rɯː
棶	*rɯː
斄	*rɯː, *rɯ
逨	*rɯː, *rɯːs
麳	*rɯː
唻	*rɯːʔ, *rrɯː
賚	*rɯːs
睞	*rɯːs
勑	*rɯːs
誺	*rɯːs, *r̥ʰɯ, *r̥ʰɯs, *r̥ʰɯs
倈	*rɯ
憖	*ŋrɯns
猌	*ŋrɯns
麥	*mrɯːɡ

Etymology 1

trad.		倈
simp.		俫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lái (lai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lái
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ
    • Wade–Giles: lai²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lai
    • IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: loi⁴
    • Yale: lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɨ/▼

Rime
Character	倈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	里之切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/lɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/lie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨ/
Li Rong	/liə/
Wang Li	/lĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/li/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	倈
Reading #	1/1
No.	7624
Phonetic component	來
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	釐
Old Chinese	/*rɯ/
Notes	見漢書

Definitions

倈

1. to induce to come
2. to encourage

Etymology 2

trad.		倈
simp.		俫
variant forms		孻／𡥧 賴／赖 徠／徕 乃 Pingxiang Gan

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

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

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lai

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lai⁴

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lai
    • Hakka Romanization System: lai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lai⁴
    • IPA: /la̯i⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lai⁴
    • IPA: /laɪ⁵³/

Definitions

倈

1. (Hakka, dialectal Gan) son

Synonyms

Compounds

• 倈仔／俫仔

• 細倈人／细俫人

• 細倈仔／细俫仔

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Japanese

Kanji

倈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): らい (rai)