釐

See also: 厘

釐 U+91D0, 釐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91D0 ← 量 [U+91CF] CJK Unified Ideographs 金 → [U+91D1]

Translingual

Han character

釐 (Kangxi radical 166, 里+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 十大一田土 (JKMWG), four-corner 5821₄, composition ⿸𠩺里)

Derived characters

• 𧄚

References

• KangXi: page 1292, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40146
• Dae Jaweon: page 1795, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3684, character 7
• Unihan data for U+91D0

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
犛	*rɯː, *rɯ, *maːw, *mraːw
釐	*rɯ
嫠	*rɯ
剺	*rɯ
孷	*rɯ
漦	*sɦrɯ
氂	*rɯ, *maːw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *rɯ): phonetic 𠩺 + semantic 里.

Pronunciation 1

trad.		釐/厘*
simp.		厘*

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lí (li²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): ni²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴, lei^4-1
• Jin (Wiktionary): li¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lí
    • Wade–Giles: li2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ni²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: li
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁴, lei^4-1
    • Yale: lèih, lēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴, lei^4-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴, léi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹/, /lei̯²¹⁻⁵⁵/

Note: lei4-1 - alternative pronunciation for unit of interest.

• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: li¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /li¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî
    • Tâi-lô: lî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɨ/

Rime
Character	釐
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	釐
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lí
Middle Chinese	‹ li ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ə/
English	regulate, govern
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	釐
Reading #	1/1
No.	7802
Phonetic component	釐
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	釐
Old Chinese	/*rɯ/
Notes	金文象攴擊來麥脫粒， 治來來亦聲，而非未聲，來訛未乃轉註加里聲

Definitions

釐

1. centi- (SI unit prefix)

   釐米 / 厘米  ―  límǐ  ―  centimeter

2. cash, a unit of weight, equal to one tenth of a 分 (fēn, “candareen”)
3. 0.001 dollars, yuan, etc.; 0.1 cents, fen, etc. (currency unit)

   • 一釐錢，最勤儉的家庭也早已不放在眼裡 [MSC, trad.]
     一厘钱，最勤俭的家庭也早已不放在眼里 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1963, “一厘钱”精神

     yī lí qián, zuì qínjiǎn de jiātíng yě zǎoyǐ bù fàng zài yǎnlǐ [Pinyin]

     A tenth of a fen is something that even the most hardworking and frugal family hasn't paid attention to for a long time

   • 發改委：可再生能源附加將要開徵　每度電收1釐錢 [MSC, trad.]
     发改委：可再生能源附加将要开征　每度电收1厘钱 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2006, [1]

     Fāgǎiwěi: kězàishēng néngyuán fùjiā jiāngyào kāizhēng, měi dù diàn shōu 1 lí qián [Pinyin]

     NDRC: Renewable energy surcharge will be levied soon, 0.1 fen will be collected per kilowatt-hour

4. unit of monthly interest (0.01%), unit of annual interest (1%)

   年息兩釐 / 年息两厘 [Cantonese]  ―  nin⁴ sik¹ loeng⁵ lei⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  annual interest rate of 2%

5. ^† Alternative form of 嫠 (lí).

See also

SI prefix
Last		Next
分	釐	毫

Compounds

• 一釐一毫／一厘一毫
• 不差毫釐／不差毫厘
• 分釐卡／分厘卡
• 分釐毫絲／分厘毫丝
• 嵫釐／嵫厘
• 抽釐／抽厘
• 析毫剖釐／析毫剖厘

• 毫釐／毫厘
• 毫釐不爽／毫厘不爽
• 毫釐之差／毫厘之差
• 毫釐千里／毫厘千里
• 米釐米突／米厘米突
• 豪釐千里／豪厘千里
• 釐定／厘定 (lídìng)

• 釐改／厘改
• 釐整／厘整
• 釐正／厘正 (lízhèng)
• 釐清／厘清 (líqīng)
• 釐米／厘米 (límǐ)
• 釐訂／厘订 (lídìng)
• 釐革／厘革

Descendants

• → Thai: หลี (hlǐi, “a unit of length and weight”)

Pronunciation 2

trad.		釐
simp. #		釐

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī, xǐ (xi¹, xi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ, ㄒㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shii
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hsi3
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹
    • Yale: hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

釐

1. Alternative form of 禧 (xǐ, “auspicious; lucky”).
2. A surname​.

Compounds

• 延釐

• 祝釐

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Japanese

Kanji

釐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. few
2. one tenth of a bu

Readings

• Go-on: り (ri)
• Kan-on: り (ri)
• Kan’yō-on: りん (rin)
• On: き (ki); らい (rai)
• Kun: おさめる (osameru, 釐める)^{←をさめる (wosameru, historical)}; さいわい (saiwai, 釐い)^{←さいはひ (saifafi, historical)}

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Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

釐 (eumhun 고칠 리 (gochil ri), South Korea 고칠 이 (gochil i))

1. manage, control
2. 1/1000 of a foot

Etymology 2

Hanja

釐 (eumhun 제육 희 (jeyuk hui))

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Etymology 3

Hanja

釐 (eumhun 보리 래 (bori rae), South Korea 보리 내 (bori nae))

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Vietnamese

Han character

釐: Hán Nôm readings: li, ly

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References

• Nom Foundation