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淚

淚

See also: 泪 and 涙

Translingual

Traditional 淚
Shinjitai 涙
Simplified 泪

Han character

淚 (radical 85 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水竹尸大 (EHSK) or X水竹尸大 (XEHSK), four-corner 33134, composition ⿰氵戾)

References

  • KangXi: page 630, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17644
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1032, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1662, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+6DDA

Chinese

trad. 淚
simp. 泪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (戾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
錑 *ruːds
戻 *tʰɯːds
戾 *rɯːds, *rɯːd
綟 *rɯːds, *rɯːd
唳 *rɯːds, *rɯːd
蜧 *rɯːds
捩 *rɯːds, *rɯːd
悷 *rɯːds
淚 *ruds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ruds) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 戾 ‎(OC *rɯːds, *rɯːd).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 淚
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 脂 (16)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 力遂切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /liuɪH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /lʷiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ljuɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lwiH/
Li
Rong		 /luiH/
Wang
Li		 /lwiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /lwiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lèi
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 淚
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 lèi
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ lwijH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[r][ə]p-s/
English tears (n.)

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 淚
Reading # 1/1
No. 7948
Phonetic
component		 戾
Rime
group		 隊
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 類
Old
Chinese		 /*ruds/
Notes 見戰國策

Definitions

淚

  1. tear; teardrop
  2. † to weep; to cry

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

淚

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 涙)

  1. tears
  2. weep
  3. cry

Readings

Korean

Hanja

淚 • ‎(ru, nu) (hangeul 루, 누, revised ru, nu, McCune-Reischauer ru, nu, Yale lwu, nwu)

  1. tear
  2. weep
  3. cry

Vietnamese

Han character

淚 (lệ, luỵ)

  • same as lệ 泪
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Readings

  • Nôm: lệ

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

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