U+52A3, 劣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52A3

[U+52A2]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+52A4]
U+F99D, 劣
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F99D

[U+F99C]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F99E]

Translingual edit

Alternative forms edit

  • A CJK compatibility ideograph exists at U+F99D with no change in composition.
  • Note that in Japanese Kanji, Korean Hanja and Vietnamese Nom, the middle stroke of the top component is written with a hook whereas in modern Chinese scripts the middle stroke is written with no downward hook.

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 19, +4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火竹大尸 (FHKS), four-corner 90427, composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 146, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2302
  • Dae Jaweon: page 330, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 367, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+52A3

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意): (little, less) + (strength). (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews) also functions as phonetic.

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • luag4 - Shantou;
  • luêg4 - Chaozhou.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    Mandarin Beijing /lyɛ⁵¹/
    /liɛ⁵¹/
    Harbin /liɛ²¹³/
    Tianjin /lie⁵³/
    Jinan /liə²¹/
    Qingdao /liə⁵⁵/
    Zhengzhou /lyo²⁴/
    Xi'an /lyɛ²¹/
    Xining /lɨ⁴⁴/
    Yinchuan /lie¹³/
    Lanzhou /lyə¹³/
    Ürümqi /lyɤ²¹³/
    Wuhan /nie²¹³/
    Chengdu /nie³¹/
    /ne³¹/
    Guiyang /nie²¹/
    Kunming /liɛ³¹/
    Nanjing /lieʔ⁵/
    Hefei /liɐʔ⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /lyəʔ²/
    Pingyao /liʌʔ⁵³/
    Hohhot /liaʔ⁴³/
    Wu Shanghai /liɪʔ¹/
    Suzhou /liəʔ³/
    Hangzhou /lɑʔ²/
    Wenzhou /le²¹³/
    Hui Shexian /le²²/
    Tunxi /liɛ¹¹/
    Xiang Changsha /lie²⁴/
    Xiangtan /nie²⁴/
    Gan Nanchang /liɛʔ⁵/
    Hakka Meixian /lot̚¹/
    Taoyuan
    Cantonese Guangzhou /lyt̚³/
    Nanning /lyt̚³³/
    Hong Kong /lyt̚³/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /luat̚⁵/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /luɔʔ²³/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /lyɛ²⁴/
    /liɛ²⁴/
    Shantou (Teochew) /luak̚²/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /luak̚⁵/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (37)
    Final () (82)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter ljwet
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /liuᴇt̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /lʷiɛt̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ljuæt̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /lwiat̚/
    Li
    Rong
    /liuɛt̚/
    Wang
    Li
    /lĭuɛt̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /li̯wɛt̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    lüè
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    lyut6
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 8142
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    3
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*rod/
    Notes

    Definitions edit

    1. (literary, or in compounds) small and weak; puny
    2. (literary, or in compounds) bad; poor; inferior
    3. (literary, or in compounds) slightly

    Synonyms edit

    • (small and weak): 弱小 (ruòxiǎo)
    • (bad):

    Antonyms edit

    Compounds edit

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    1. bad, poor, inferior

    Readings edit

    Compounds edit

    Korean edit

    Etymology edit

    From Middle Chinese (MC ljwet).

    Historical readings

    Pronunciation edit

    Hanja edit

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (eumhun 못할 (mothal ryeol), South Korea 못할 (mothal yeol))

    1. Hanja form? of / (bad; poor).
    2. Hanja form? of / (inferior).

    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: liệt, lẹt

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

    References edit