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U+5121, 儡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5121

[U+5120]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5122]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 9 +15, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人田田田 (OWWW), four-corner 26260, composition)

  1. puppet, dummy

References

  • KangXi: page 120, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1249
  • Dae Jaweon: page 254, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 234, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5121

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
*roːl, *roːls
*roːl
*roːl
*roːl, *rul
*roːl, *rul
*roːlʔ
*ruːl, *ruːls
*ruːl
*ruːl, *ruːls
*ruːl, *ruːls
*ruːll, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls
*ruːl, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls
*ruːl, *rul, *ruls
*ruːl, *ruːlʔ
*ruːl, *ruːlʔ
*ruːl
*ruːl
*ruːl, *rulʔ
*ruːl
*ruːlʔ
*ruːlʔ
*ruːlʔ
*ruːls, *rolʔ, *rols
*ruːls, *rul
*rolʔ, *rul
*rul, *rulʔ
*rul
*rul, *ruls
*rul
*rul
*rulʔ
*rulʔ
*rulʔ
*rulʔ
*rulʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (37) (37)
Final () (42) (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/luʌi/ /luʌiX/
Pan
Wuyun
/luoi/ /luoiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/luɒi/ /luɒiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lwəj/ /lwəjX/
Li
Rong
/luᴀi/ /luᴀiX/
Wang
Li
/luɒi/ /luɒiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/luɑ̆i/ /luɑ̆iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
léi lěi
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 7711 7721 7731
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ruːl/ /*ruːlʔ/ /*ruːls/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 懸絲傀儡悬丝傀儡
  • 文樂傀儡文乐傀儡
  • 線抽傀儡线抽傀儡
  • 肉傀儡
  • 藥發傀儡药发傀儡
  • 跳傀儡

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(lỗi)

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