U+5121, 儡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5121

[U+5120]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5122]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 9, +15, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人田田田 (OWWW), four-corner 26260, composition )

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 120, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1249
  • Dae Jaweon: page 254, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 234, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5121

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
2nd round simp.

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character


References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ruːl, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls): semantic (man) + phonetic (OC *ruːl)

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • lúi - literary;
  • lér/lé - 禮 is used more in the Mainland.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (37) (37)
Final () (42) (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter lwoj lwojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/luʌi/ /luʌiX/
Pan
Wuyun
/luoi/ /luoiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/luɒi/ /luɒiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lwəj/ /lwəjX/
Li
Rong
/luᴀi/ /luᴀiX/
Wang
Li
/luɒi/ /luɒiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/luɑ̆i/ /luɑ̆iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
léi lěi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
leoi4 leoi5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 7711 7721 7731
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ruːl/ /*ruːlʔ/ /*ruːls/

Definitions edit

  1. Only used in 傀儡 (kuǐlěi).

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. puppet
  2. defeat

Readings edit

Korean edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese (MC lwojX). Recorded as Middle Korean 뢰〯 (lwǒy) (Yale: lwǒy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 꼭두각시 (kkokdugaksi roe), South Korea 꼭두각시 (kkokdugaksi noe))

  1. Hanja form? of / (puppet).

Compounds edit

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: lỗi

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