釐

See also: 厘

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

Contents

Translingual

Han character

釐 (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: 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

  (Pinyin): lí (li²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): lî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
    • Wade–Giles: lih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
    • IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁴
    • Yale: lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹/
• 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/

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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

• 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. a unit of weight
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%)
5. ^† Alternative form of 嫠 (lí).

See also

SI prefix
Last		Next
分	釐	毫

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.		釐

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Wade–Giles: hsih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹
    • Yale: hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

釐

1. A surname​.

Compounds

• 一釐一毫
• 不差毫釐
• 分釐卡
• 分釐毫絲／分釐毫丝
• 嵫釐
• 延釐
• 抽釐
• 析毫剖釐

• 毫釐
• 毫釐不爽
• 毫釐之差
• 毫釐千里
• 祝釐
• 米釐米突
• 豪釐千里
• 釐定 (lídìng)

• 釐改
• 釐整
• 釐正 (lízhèng)
• 釐清 (líqīng)
• 釐米 (límǐ)
• 釐訂／釐订
• 釐革

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Japanese

Kanji

釐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. few
2. 10th 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

Hanja

釐 • (ri>i, hui, rae>nae)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 리>이, 희, 래>내
  • Name (hangeul): 고칠 리, 제육 희, 보리 래

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

釐 (li, ly)

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References

• Nom Foundation