麗

See also: 丽
麗 U+9E97, 麗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E97
← 麖
[U+9E96] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 麘 →
[U+9E98]

麗 U+F988, 麗
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F988
← 驪
[U+F987] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 黎 →
[U+F989]

Translingual

Han character

麗 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 一一月月心 (MMBBP), four-corner 11211, composition ⿱丽鹿)

Derived characters

References

Chinese
trad. 麗
simp. 丽*
alternative forms
 
䴡
𠀙 ancient
𠀞 ancient
𠧥
𮭶
䴡
𠀙 ancient
𠀞 ancient
𠧥
𮭶
𮭷
𮭹
丽 ancient

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 麗
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (丽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
灑 *sreːlʔ, *sreːlʔ, *srelʔ, *srels
籭 *sreːl, *srel
躧 *sreːlʔ, *srelʔ
曬 *sreːls, *srels
廲 *reːl
驪 *reːl, *rel
鱺 *reːlʔ
欐 *reːlʔ, *reːls, *srel
丽 *reːls
麗 *reːls, *rel
儷 *reːls
鸝 *rel
酈 *rel, *reːɡ
孋 *rel
矖 *rel, *srelʔ
穲 *rel
邐 *relʔ
彲 *r̥ʰel
釃 *srel, *srelʔ, *sra
襹 *srel, *srels
纚 *srelʔ

Pictogram (象形) – a deer with antlers.

Etymology

Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructed this word's OC pronunciation as *rêh and considered it a possible allofam of 麗 (OC *rê(k)h) "number" < "what is calculated", exopassive derivative of 歷 (OC *rêk) "to calculate".

麗 underwent this historical semantic shift: from "a pair" (Zhouli), to "mate, companion" (儷) (Zuo), to "paired", to "well-proportioned" (Liji), and finally to "elegant, beautiful" (Chuci) as well as "refinement" (Shu).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 麗
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 郎計切
Baxter lejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /leiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /leiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /lɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lɛjH/
Li
Rong		 /leiH/
Wang
Li		 /lieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /lieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 lai6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 麗
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 lì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ lejH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[r]ˁe-s/
English symmetrical

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 麗
Reading # 1/2
No. 7914
Phonetic
component		 丽
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 麗
Old
Chinese		 /*reːls/

Definitions

麗

  1. beautiful; lovely; pretty; fair; elegant
  2. to adhere; to attach to
    alt. forms: 離／离
  3. Alternative form of 儷／俪 (lì, “in pair”)
Synonyms

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 麗
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 呂支切
Baxter lje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /liᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /liɛ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ljɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /liə̆/
Li
Rong		 /lie/
Wang
Li		 /lǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /lie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 lei4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 麗
Reading # 2/2
No. 7917
Phonetic
component		 丽
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 離
Old
Chinese		 /*rel/

Definitions

麗

  1. Only used in 高麗／高丽 (Gāolí, “Goryeo”) and 高句麗／高句丽 (Gāogōulí, “Goguryeo”).
    1. (Korean Classical Chinese) Short for 高麗／高丽 (“Goryeo”).
      麗祖 [Korean Literary Sinitic]  ―  여조 Yeojo [Sino-Korean]  ―  King Taejo of Goryeo
      麗末 [Korean Literary Sinitic]  ―  여말 Yeomal [Sino-Korean]  ―  end of the Goryeo period
      麗史 [Korean Literary Sinitic]  ―  여사 Yeosa [Sino-Korean]  ―  history of the Goryeo
      麗制 [Korean Literary Sinitic]  ―  여제 Yeoje [Sino-Korean]  ―  policies of the Goryeo
  2. Only used in 麗水／丽水 (Líshuǐ, “Lishui”).

Compounds

Japanese
Shinjitai 麗
Kyūjitai
[1]
麗
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or
麗+&#xFE00;?
麗󠄁
麗+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
麗󠄃
麗+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
麗

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 麗)

  1. lovely
  2. beautiful
  3. graceful
  4. resplendent

Readings

From Middle Chinese 麗 (MC lejH):

  • Go-on: らい (rai)
  • Kan-on: れい (rei, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 麗 (MC lje):

From native Japanese roots:

Compounds
  • 綺(き)麗(れい) (kirei): beauty
  • 口(くち)奇(ぎ)麗(れい) (kuchigirei): speaking elegantly, speaking clearly, speaking innocently

Proper noun

麗(れい) • (Rei) 

  1. a female given name

References
  1. Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2423 (paper), page 1263 (digital)

Korean

Hanja

麗 (eumhun 고울 려 (goul ryeo), South Korea 고울 여 (goul yeo))

  1. Hanja form? of 려/여 (“beautiful; lovely; pretty; fair; elegant”).

Compounds

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Han character

麗: Hán Việt readings: lệ (郎(lang)計(kế)切(thiết))[3][4][5], li (鄰(lân)知(tri)切(thiết))[4]
麗: Nôm readings: rạy[6][4], li[4]

  1. chữ Hán form of Lệ (“female given name”).
  2. chữ Hán form of li / ly.
  3. Nôm form of rạy.

Compounds
Compounds

References
  1. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  2. Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
  3. Trần (2004).
  4. Bonet (1899).
  5. Génibrel (1898).
  6. Hồ (1976).
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