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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 140 +7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹木弓 (THDN), four-corner 44920)

  1. white jasmine

References

  • KangXi: page 1033, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31034
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1492, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3219, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+8389

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*riːl, *ril
*riːl
*riːl, *r'il, *r'i
*riːl
*riːl, *ril
*riːl, *ri
*riːl, *ril
*riːl
*riːl
*riːl
*rel
*ril
*ril
*ril
*ril
*ril
*rids
*rids
*riːns

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (11) (11) (37)
Final () (17) (19) (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () Chongniu III III IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɖˠiɪ/ /ɖɨ/ /lei/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖᵚi/ /ɖɨ/ /lei/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȡiɪ/ /ȡie/ /lɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖji/ /ɖɨ/ /lɛj/
Li
Rong
/ȡji/ /ȡiə/ /lei/
Wang
Li
/ȡi/ /ȡĭə/ /liei/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȡʱi/ /ȡʱi/ /liei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chí chí
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 7881 7900 7902
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*riːl/ /*r'il/ /*r'i/

Definitions

  1. Only used in 茉莉 (mòlì).

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. white jasmine
  2. Asian pear (Pyrus pyrifolia)

Readings

Synonyms

Korean

Hanja

(ri>i) (hangeul >, revised ri>i, McCune-Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(lị, lài, lợi, nhài)