莉

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

莉 (radical 140 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹木弓 (THDN), four-corner 4492₀)

1. white jasmine

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 1033, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31034
• Dae Jaweon: page 1492, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3219, character 17
• Unihan data for U+8389

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		莉

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: lih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
    • IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁶
    • Yale: leih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /lei̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɖˠiɪ/, /ɖɨ/, /lei/▼

Rime
Character	莉	莉	莉
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	澄 (11)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	之 (19)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III	III	IV
Fanqie	直尼切	直之切	郎奚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiɪ/	/ɖɨ/	/lei/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚi/	/ɖɨ/	/lei/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɪ/	/ȡie/	/lɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖji/	/ɖɨ/	/lɛj/
Li Rong	/ȡji/	/ȡiə/	/lei/
Wang Li	/ȡi/	/ȡĭə/	/liei/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi/	/ȡʱi/	/liei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chí	chí	lí

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*riːl/, /*r'il/, /*r'i/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莉	莉	莉
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	7881	7900	7902
Phonetic component	利	利	利
Rime group	脂	脂	之
Rime subdivision	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	黎	墀	治
Old Chinese	/*riːl/	/*r'il/	/*r'i/

DefinitionsEdit

莉

1. Only used in 茉莉 (mòlì).

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

莉

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. white jasmine
2. Asian pear (Pyrus pyrifolia)

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: らい (rai)
• Kan’on: れい (rei)
• Kan’yōon: り (ri)

SynonymsEdit

• (pear): 梨 (り) ‎(ri)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

莉 • ‎(ri>i) (hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune-Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)

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

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

莉 (lị, lài, lợi, nhài)