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耒
耒
Translingual
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Also Singpore Simplified from 來 (从 → 二) in 1969-1976.
Han character
耒 (radical 127 耒+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 手木 (QD), four-corner 50900)
- handle of plow
- plow
- Kangxi radical #127, ⽾ (“plow”).
Derived characters
- Index:Chinese radical/耒
References
- KangXi: page 962, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28898
- Dae Jaweon: page 1410, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2770, character 1
- Unihan data for U+8012
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
耒 | |
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ
- Wade-Giles: lei3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leei
- IPA (key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
- Wade-Giles: mao2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
- IPA (key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ
- Wade-Giles: mao4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maw
- IPA (key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: leoi6, loi6
- Yale: leuih, loih
- Cantonese Pinyin: loey6, loi6
- IPA (key): /lɵy̯²²/, /lɔːi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lói
- Hakka Romanization System: loi`
- Hagfa Pinyim: loi3
- IPA: /lo̯i³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lúi / lūi
- Tâi-lô: luí / luī
- Phofsit Daibuun: luie, lui
- IPA (Xiamen): /lui⁵³/, /lui²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lui⁵⁵⁴/, /lui⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui⁵³/, /lui²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /lui⁵³/, /lui³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui⁴¹/, /lui³³/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 耒 | 耒 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (16) | 灰 (42) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 力軌切 | 盧對切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/liuɪX/ | /luʌiH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/lʷiX/ | /luoiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ljuɪX/ | /luɒiH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/lwiX/ | /lwəjH/ |
| Li Rong |
/luiX/ | /luᴀiH/ |
| Wang Li |
/lwiX/ | /luɒiH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/lwiX/ | /luɑ̆iH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
lěi | lèi |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 耒 | 耒 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 7761 | 7764 |
| Phonetic component |
耒 | 耒 |
| Rime group |
微 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
纇 | 壘 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ruːls/ | /*rulʔ/ |
References
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 耒 – see 來. (This character, 耒, is an obsolete form of 來.) |
Usage notes
This is the simplified form of 來 that was used in Singapore from 1969 to 1976. Singapore, like the PRC, now uses 来.
Japanese
Kanji
耒
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Readings
Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 耒
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| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (耒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 頛 | *ruːlʔ |
| 郲 | *rɯː, *ruːlʔ, *ruːlʔ |
| 耒 | *ruːls, *rulʔ |
| 銇 | *ruːls |
| 洡 | *ruːls |
| 誄 | *rulʔ |
Pictogram (象形) – a wooden (木) plow with originally three cross lines (彡) for the furrows of the plow, later simplified to two.