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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 115 +5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹木竹木 (HDHD), four-corner 22994, composition禾)

  1. (Cantonese) excessively thin

Descendants

References


Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*reːɡ
*reːɡ
*reːɡ
*reːɡ
*reːɡ
*reːɡ
*reːɡ
*reːɡ
*reːɡ
*reːɡ
*reːɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意) :  + .

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (127)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lek̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/lek̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɛk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛjk̚/
Li
Rong
/lek̚/
Wang
Li
/liek̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/liek̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 7979
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*reːɡ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings