荔

荔	U+8354, 荔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8354

Translingual

Han character

荔 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿大尸尸 (TKSS), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹劦)

Derived characters

𰑾, 𢲊, 𬃹, 𦴾

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1031, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30865
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3212, character 5
Unihan data for U+8354

Chinese

trad.		荔
simp. ^#		荔
2nd round simp.		艻
alternative forms		茘

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 荔
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Qin slip script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (劦) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
栛	*reːbs
珕	reːbs, rebs
荔	reːbs, rebs
脅	hlams, hlab
姭	*hlams
搚	raːb, raːb
拹	*hlab
愶	*hlab
嗋	*hlab
熁	*hlab
協	*ɦleːb
勰	*ɦleːb
劦	*ɦleːb
叶	*ɦleːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːbs, *rebs) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 劦 (OC *ɦleːb).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lai⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lai⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): li⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lí / li
Jin (Wiktionary): lieh⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): lié
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): nāi / lāi / nǎi / nūi / lē / liān

(Teochew, Peng'im): noi⁷ / li⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶li
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): li⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lì
  - Wade–Giles: li⁴
  - Yale: lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
  - Palladius: ли (li)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lai⁶
  - Yale: laih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lai⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lai³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: li⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li¹¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lí
  - Hakka Romanization System: li^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li³
  - Sinological IPA: /li³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li
  - Hakka Romanization System: li
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: lieh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /liəʔ²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lié
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃iɛ²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāi
  - Tâi-lô: nāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nai
  - IPA (Taipei): /nãi³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Kinmen): /nãi²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Tainan, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāi
  - Tâi-lô: lāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lai
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Taipei, Tainan): /lai³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lai²²/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nǎi
  - Tâi-lô: nǎi
  - IPA (Lukang): /nãi³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nūi
  - Tâi-lô: nuī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nui
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nuĩ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē
  - Tâi-lô: lē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: le
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /le²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Yilan): /le³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liān
  - Tâi-lô: liān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn⁴¹/

Note:

nāi/lāi/nǎi/nūi - vernacular;
lē, liān - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: noi⁷ / li⁶
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nōi / lĭ
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /noi¹¹/, /li³⁵/

Note:

noi7 - vernacular;
li6 - literary.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶li
  - MiniDict: li^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: li⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁴⁵/

Middle Chinese: ljeH, lejH

Rime
Character	荔	荔
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	力智切	郎計切
Baxter	ljeH	lejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇ^H/	/lei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛ^H/	/lei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɛ^H/	/lɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liə̆^H/	/lɛj^H/
Li Rong	/lie^H/	/lei^H/
Wang Li	/lǐe^H/	/liei^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lie̯^H/	/liei^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei⁶	lai⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤep-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*reːbs/, /*rebs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	荔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lì
Middle Chinese	‹ lej^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁep-s/
English	herb whose roots are made into brushes
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	荔	荔
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13776	13777
Phonetic component	劦	劦
Rime group	蓋	蓋
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	麗	詈
Old Chinese	/*reːbs/	/*rebs/

Definitions

荔

Alternative name for 馬藺／马蔺 (“Iris lactea”).
Short for 荔枝 (lìzhī, “lychee”).
Used in 薜荔 (bìlì).
a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

荔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: らい (rai)、り (ri)
Kan-on: れい (rei)、り (ri)
On: れん (ren)
Kun: おおにら (ōnira, 荔)

Vietnamese

Han character

荔: Hán Nôm readings: lệ, lê

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