Wiktionary

麗

See also: 丽
麗 U+9E97, 麗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E97
← 麖
[U+9E96] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 麘 →
[U+9E98]

麗 U+F988, 麗
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F988
← 驪
[U+F987] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 黎 →
[U+F989]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

麗 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 一一月月心 (MMBBP), four-corner 11211, composition ⿱丽鹿)

Derived charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 1510, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47663
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2039, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4732, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+9E97

ChineseEdit

trad. 麗
simp. 丽*
alternative forms
 
䴡
𠀙
𠀞
𠧥
𮭶
䴡
𠀙
𠀞
𠧥
𮭶
𮭷
𮭹

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 麗
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions
 
Characters in the same phonetic series (丽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
灑 *sreːlʔ, *sreːlʔ, *srelʔ, *srels
籭 *sreːl, *srel
躧 *sreːlʔ, *srelʔ
曬 *sreːls, *srels
廲 *reːl
驪 *reːl, *rel
鱺 *reːlʔ
欐 *reːlʔ, *reːls, *srel
丽 *reːls
麗 *reːls, *rel
儷 *reːls
鸝 *rel
酈 *rel, *reːɡ
孋 *rel
矖 *rel, *srelʔ
穲 *rel
邐 *relʔ
彲 *r̥ʰel
釃 *srel, *srelʔ, *sra
襹 *srel, *srels
纚 *srelʔ

Pictogram (象形) – a deer with antlers.

EtymologyEdit

Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructed this word's OC pronunciation as *rêh and considered it a possible allofam of 麗 (OC *rê(k)h) "number" < "what is calculated", exopassive derivative of 歷 (OC *rêk) "to calculate".

麗 underwent this historical semantic shift: from "a pair" (Zhouli), to "mate, companion" (儷) (Zuo), to "paired", to "well-proportioned" (Liji), and finally to "elegant, beautiful" (Chuci) as well as "refinement" (Shu).

Pronunciation 1Edit

Rime
Character 麗
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 郎計切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/leiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/leiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lɛjH/
Li
Rong 		/leiH/
Wang
Li 		/lieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/lieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lai6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 麗
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ lejH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[r]ˁe-s/
English symmetrical

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 麗
Reading # 1/2
No. 7914
Phonetic
component 		丽
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		麗
Old
Chinese 		/*reːls/

DefinitionsEdit

麗

  1. beautiful; lovely; pretty; fair; elegant
  2. to adhere; to attach to
    alt. forms: 離／离
  3. Alternative form of 儷／俪 (lì, “in pair”).
SynonymsEdit

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 麗

Pronunciation 2Edit

Rime
Character 麗
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 呂支切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/liᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/liɛ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ljɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/liə̆/
Li
Rong 		/lie/
Wang
Li 		/lǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/lie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lei4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 麗
Reading # 2/2
No. 7917
Phonetic
component 		丽
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		離
Old
Chinese 		/*rel/

DefinitionsEdit

麗

  1. Only used in 高麗／高丽 (Gāolí, “Goryeo”) and 高句麗／高句丽 (Gāogōulí, “Goguryeo”).
    1. (Korean Classical Chinese) Short for 高麗／高丽 (“Goryeo”).
      麗祖 [Korean Literary Sinitic]  ―  여조 Yeojo [Sino-Korean]  ―  King Taejo of Goryeo
      麗末 [Korean Literary Sinitic]  ―  여말 Yeomal [Sino-Korean]  ―  end of the Goryeo period
      麗史 [Korean Literary Sinitic]  ―  여사 Yeosa [Sino-Korean]  ―  history of the Goryeo
      麗制 [Korean Literary Sinitic]  ―  여제 Yeoje [Sino-Korean]  ―  policies of the Goryeo
  2. Only used in 麗水／丽水 (Líshuǐ, “Lishui”).

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 麗

JapaneseEdit

Shinjitai 麗  
Kyūjitai
[1]
麗
&#xF988;
or
麗+&#xFE00;? 		 
麗󠄁
麗+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
麗󠄃
麗+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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KanjiEdit

麗

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 麗)

  1. lovely
  2. beautiful
  3. graceful
  4. resplendent

ReadingsEdit

From Middle Chinese 麗 (MC leiH):

  • Go-on: らい (rai)
  • Kan-on: れい (rei, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 麗 (MC liᴇ):

From native Japanese roots:

CompoundsEdit

Proper nounEdit

麗(れい) • (Rei) 

  1. a female given name

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 2423 (paper), page 1263 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

麗 (eumhun 고울 려 (goul ryeo), South Korea 고울 여 (goul yeo))

  1. Hanja form? of 려/여 (“beautiful; lovely; pretty; fair; elegant”).

CompoundsEdit

VietnameseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

Han characterEdit

麗: Hán Việt readings: lệ (郎(lang)計(kế)切(thiết))[3][4][5], li (鄰(lân)知(tri)切(thiết))[4]
麗: Nôm readings: rạy[6][4], li[4]

  1. chữ Hán form of Lệ (“female given name”).
  2. chữ Hán form of li / ly.
  3. Nôm form of rạy.

CompoundsEdit

Compounds

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  2. ^ Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
  3. ^ Trần (2004).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Bonet (1899).
  5. ^ Génibrel (1898).
  6. ^ Hồ (1976).
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