璃

See also: 琍

璃	U+7483, 璃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7483

← 璂
[U+7482]

CJK Unified Ideographs

璄 →
[U+7484]

Translingual

Han character

璃 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一土卜山月 (MGYUB), four-corner 1012₇, composition ⿰𤣩离)

Derived characters

𭋰

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 740, character 26
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21196
Dae Jaweon: page 1150, character 17
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1132, character 5
Unihan data for U+7483

Chinese

trad.		璃
simp. ^#		璃
2nd round simp.		玏
alternative forms		瓈／璃琍

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
謧	reːl, rel
璃	reːl, rel
離	reːls, rel, *rels
縭	*rel
离	rel, r̥ʰel
醨	*rel
樆	*rel
褵	*rel
漓	*rel
黐	rel, r̥ʰel
籬	*rel
灕	*rel
蘺	*rel
攡	*rel
魑	*r̥ʰel
螭	*r̥ʰel
摛	*r̥ʰel

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *reːl, *rel) : semantic 王 (“jade”) + phonetic 离 (OC *rel, *r̥ʰel).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lí (li²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴
Northern Min (KCR): lî
Eastern Min (BUC): liè
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lê / lî

(Teochew, Peng'im): li⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lí
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lí
  - Wade–Giles: li²
  - Yale: lí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
  - Palladius: ли (li)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lei⁴
  - Yale: lèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: liè
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ie⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lê / lî
  - Tâi-lô: lê / lî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lee, lii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /le²⁴/, /li²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /le²⁴/, /li²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /le¹³/, /li¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /le²⁴/, /li²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /le²³/, /li²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: li⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: lje

Rime
Character	璃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	呂支切
Baxter	lje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liə̆/
Li Rong	/lie/
Wang Li	/lǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*reːl/, /*rel/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	璃	璃
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7778	7781
Phonetic component	离	离
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	黎	離
Old Chinese	/*reːl/	/*rel/
Notes	瓈今字	琉璃譯vaiḍūrya漢書西域傳譯作璧流離

Definitions

璃

Only used in 玻璃 (bōli) and 琉璃 (liúlí).

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (璃):

→ Vietnamese: li (璃)

Japanese

Kanji

璃

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

Go-on: り (ri, Jōyō)
Kan-on: り (ri, Jōyō)
Nanori: あき (aki)

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 璃 (MC lje). Recorded as Middle Korean 리 (li) (Yale: li) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

璃

Wikisource

璃 (eumhun 유리 리 (yuri ri), word-initial (South Korea) 유리 이 (yuri i))

hanja form^? of [[리/이#Korean:_璃|리/이]] (“glassy”)

Compounds

유리 (琉璃, yuri)
유리 (瑠璃, yuri)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

璃: Hán Nôm readings: ly, li, lê

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References

Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999