儡

儡	U+5121, 儡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5121

Translingual edit

Han character edit

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

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.		儡
2nd round simp.		厽

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 儡

**Small seal script**
s05888

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).

Characters in the same phonetic series (畾) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
摞	roːl, roːls
騾	*roːl
螺	*roːl
蔂	roːl, rul
虆	roːl, rul
瘰	*roːlʔ
礌	ruːl, ruːls
雷	*ruːl
擂	ruːl, ruːls
攂	ruːl, ruːls
礧	ruːll, ruːlʔ, *ruːls
儡	ruːl, ruːlʔ, *ruːls
瓃	ruːl, rul, *ruls
櫑	ruːl, ruːlʔ
鑘	ruːl, ruːlʔ
鐳	*ruːl
畾	*ruːl
轠	ruːl, rulʔ
罍	*ruːl
蕾	*ruːlʔ
癗	*ruːlʔ
磥	*ruːlʔ
累	ruːls, rolʔ, *rols
儽	ruːls, rul
樏	rolʔ, rul
鸓	rul, rulʔ
嫘	*rul
纍	rul, ruls
欙	*rul
纝	*rul
壘	*rulʔ
櫐	*rulʔ
蘽	*rulʔ
藟	*rulʔ
讄	*rulʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ruːl, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls) : semantic 人 (“man”) + phonetic 畾 (OC *ruːl)

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lěi (lei³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lúi / lér / lé

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lěi
  - Wade–Giles: lei³
  - Yale: lěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leei
  - Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: leoi⁵
  - Yale: léuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lúi
  - Tâi-lô: luí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: luie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lui⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lér
  - Tâi-lô: lér
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lé
  - Tâi-lô: lé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /le⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /le⁵³/

Note:

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

Middle Chinese: lwoj, lwojX

Rime
Character	儡	儡
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	魯回切	落猥切
Baxter	lwoj	lwojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luʌi/	/luʌi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/luoi/	/luoi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/luɒi/	/luɒi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwəj/	/lwəj^X/
Li Rong	/luᴀi/	/luᴀi^X/
Wang Li	/luɒi/	/luɒi^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/luɑ̆i/	/luɑ̆i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	léi	lěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi⁴	leoi⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ruːl/, /*ruːlʔ/, /*ruːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儡	儡	儡
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	7711	7721	7731
Phonetic component	畾	畾	畾
Rime group	微	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	雷	磥	纇
Old Chinese	/*ruːl/	/*ruːlʔ/	/*ruːls/