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U+4F8B, 例
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F8B

[U+4F8A]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4F8C]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 9 +6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人一弓弓 (OMNN), four-corner 22200, composition)

  1. precedent, example
  2. regulation

References

  • KangXi: page 101, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 587
  • Dae Jaweon: page 215, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 146, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+4F8B

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character


References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*reds
*reds, *red
*reds, *red
*reds, *red
*r'eds, *r̥ʰjeds
*relʔ
*red
*red
*red
*red
*red
*red
*red
*red
*red
*red
*red

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /li⁵¹/
Harbin /li⁵³/
Tianjin /li⁵³/
Jinan /li²¹/
Qingdao /li⁴²/
Zhengzhou /li³¹²/
Xi'an /li⁴⁴/
Xining /l̩²¹³/
Yinchuan /li¹³/
Lanzhou /li¹³/
Ürümqi /li²¹³/
Wuhan /ni³⁵/
Chengdu /ni¹³/
Guiyang /ni²¹³/
Kunming /li²¹²/
Nanjing /li⁴⁴/
Hefei /zz̩⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /li⁴⁵/
Pingyao /li³⁵/
Hohhot /li⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /liɪʔ¹/
Suzhou /li³¹/
Hangzhou /li¹³/
Wenzhou /li²¹³/
Hui Shexian /li²²/
Tunxi /le¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /li⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /ni⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /li²¹/
Hakka Meixian /li⁵³/
Taoyuan /li⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /lɐi²²/
Nanning /lɐi²²/
Hong Kong /lɐi²²/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /le²²/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /liɛ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /li⁴⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /li³¹/
Haikou (Min Nan) /lɔi²³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (35)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/liᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/liɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ljæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/liajH/
Li
Rong
/liɛiH/
Wang
Li
/lĭɛiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li̯ɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8121
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*reds/

Definitions

  1. example
  2. precedent
  3. rule
  4. case
  5. instance

Compounds


Japanese

Noun

(hiragana れい, romaji rei)

例 (ためし, tameshi)
例し (ためし, tameshi)

The most common reading is れい (rei).

  1. example, instance
    • 例を引く [挙げる]
      れいをひく[あげる]
      rei o hiku [ageru]
      cite [give] an example
  2. illustration
  3. case
  4. custom, the usual
    • 例によって
      れいによって
      rei ni yotte
      as usual
    • 例に無く
      れいになく
      rei ni naku
      contrary to habit
  5. precedent
  6. that
    • 例の
      れいのおとこ
      rei no otoko
      that man (who we were speaking about)

Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(rye) (hangeul , revised rye, McCune-Reischauer rye)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(lệ)

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