黎

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TranslingualEdit

EtymologyEdit

Han characterEdit

黎 (radical 202 黍+3, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹人水 (HHOE), four-corner 2713₂, composition ⿱𥝢⿱𠆢氺)

1. used as a surname
2. numerous, many
3. black
4. used to indicate the Li people of Hainan Province, China

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 1517, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47994
• Dae Jaweon: page 2049, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4759, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9ECE

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		黎

Glyph originEdit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *riːl): semantic 黍 ‎(“millet”) + phonetic 利 ‎(OC *rids)

EtymologyEdit

Probably cognate with 藜 and 黧.

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lí (li²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
    • Wade-Giles: lih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
    • IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lai⁴
    • Yale: làih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /lei/▼

Rime
Character	黎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎奚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lei/
Pan Wuyun	/lei/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛj/
Li Rong	/lei/
Wang Li	/liei/
Bernard Karlgren	/liei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[r]ˤij/, /*[r]ˤij/

  (Zhengzhang): /*riːl/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	黎	黎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lí	lí
Middle Chinese	‹ lej ›	‹ lej ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˤij/ (Cf. 耆 0552l ɡij < *[ɡ]rij ‘old’)	/*[r]ˤij/
English	old	black
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	黎
Reading #	1/1
No.	7880
Phonetic component	利
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	黎
Old Chinese	/*riːl/

DefinitionsEdit

黎

1. (only in compound, no longer productive) the color of earth, between brown and black.

   黎明  ―  límíng  ―  dawn

2. (only in compound, no longer productive) numerous, crowded.

   黎民  ―  límín  ―  common people

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

黎

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. black, bluish black
2. gloomy, dusky
3. used to indicate the Li people of Hainan Province, China

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: らい (rai)
• Kan’on: れい (rei)
• On (unclassified): り (ri)
• Kun: くろ (kuro), くろい (kuroi)
• Nanori: たみ (tami)

CompoundsEdit

Compounds

群黎 (ぐんれい) ‎(gunrei) 黔黎 (けんれい) ‎(kenrei) 生黎 (せいれい) ‎(seirei) 重黎 (ちょうれい) ‎(chōrei) 泥黎 (ないり) ‎(nairi) 百黎 (ひゃくれい) ‎(hyakurei) 黎族 (りーぞく) ‎(rīzoku) 黎桓 (れいかん) ‎(reikan) 黎貴惇 (れいきじゅん) ‎(reikijun) 黎軒 (れいけん) ‎(reiken) 黎元 (れいげん) ‎(reigen) 黎元洪 (れいげんこう) ‎(reigenkō) 黎首 (れいしゅ) ‎(reishu) 黎庶 (れいしょ) ‎(reisho) 黎庶昌 (れいしょしょう) ‎(reishoshō) 黎聖宗 (れいせいそう) ‎(reiseisō) 黎旦 (れいたん) ‎(reitan) 黎朝 (れいちょう) ‎(reichō); or 黎朝 (れちょう) ‎(rechō) 黎朝刑律 (れいちょうけいりつ) ‎(reichōkeiritsu) 黎文悦 (れいぶんえつ) ‎(reibun'etsu) 黎民 (れいみん) ‎(reimin) 黎明 (れいめい) ‎(reimei, “dawn”) 黎明会 (れいめいかい) ‎(reimeikai) 黎明期 (れいめいき) ‎(reimeiki) 黎利 (れいり) ‎(reiri)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

黎 • ‎(ryeo, yeo) (hangeul 려, 여, revised ryeo, yeo, McCune-Reischauer ryŏ, yŏ, Yale lye, ye)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

黎 (lê, rê)

1. spelt as Lê, the fourth most common surname among ethnic Vietnamese.