Chinese

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surname; black; Lebanon (abbrev.) ordinary
trad. (黎庶)
simp. #(黎庶)
anagram 庶黎

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (26)
Final () (39) (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter lej syoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lei/ /ɕɨʌH/
Pan
Wuyun
/lei/ /ɕiɔH/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɛi/ /ɕiɔH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛj/ /ɕɨə̆H/
Li
Rong
/lei/ /ɕiɔH/
Wang
Li
/liei/ /ɕĭoH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/liei/ /ɕi̯woH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lai4 syu3

Noun

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黎庶

  1. (literary) commoners; ordinary citizens; plebeians

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
れい
Jinmeiyō
しょ
Grade: S
kan'on on'yomi

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese compound 黎庶 (lej syoH, literally black [in reference to black hair: i.e. bareheaded, i.e. not nobility] + commoner). Compare modern Mandarin reading líshù.

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Noun

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(れい)(しょ) (reisho

  1. (uncommon) a commoner, an ordinary person (in contrast to the aristocracy or nobility)

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN