靂

See also: 雳

靂	U+9742, 靂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9742

← 靁
[U+9741]

CJK Unified Ideographs

靃 →
[U+9743]

Translingual

Traditional	靂
Shinjitai (extended)	𮦷
Simplified	雳

Han character

靂 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+16, 24 strokes, cangjie input 一月一竹一 (MBMHM), four-corner 1021₁, composition ⿱⻗歷)

Derived characters

𫭁

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1380, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42523
Dae Jaweon: page 1889, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4082, character 9
Unihan data for U+9742

Chinese

trad.		靂
simp.		雳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
秝	*reːɡ
歷	*reːɡ
曆	*reːɡ
磿	*reːɡ
靂	*reːɡ
癧	*reːɡ
櫪	*reːɡ
藶	*reːɡ
瀝	*reːɡ
攊	*reːɡ
厤	*reːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːɡ) : semantic 雨 + phonetic 歷 (OC *reːɡ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lik⁶ / lik¹
Eastern Min (BUC): lĭk
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍k / le̍k

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: lik⁶ / lik¹
  - Yale: lihk / līk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lik⁹ / lik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: lig⁶ / lig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪk̚²/, /lɪk̚⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lĭk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃iʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: lia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k
  - Tâi-lô: li̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lek
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹/

Middle Chinese: lek

Rime
Character	靂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎擊切
Baxter	lek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/lek̚/
Wang Li	/liek̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/liek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lik⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*reːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	靂
Reading #	1/1
No.	7983
Phonetic component	秝
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靂
Old Chinese	/*reːɡ/
Notes	闢歴後起字

Definitions

靂

Only used in 霹靂／霹雳 (pīlì).

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𮦷
Kyūjitai	靂

Kanji

靂

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𮦷)

thunder

Readings

On (unclassified): れき (reki)、りゃく (ryaku)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 靂 (MC lek). Recorded as Middle Korean 력〮 (lyék) (Yale: lyék) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾjʌ̹k̚] ~ [jʌ̹k̚]
Phonetic hangul: [력/역]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

靂

Wikisource

靂 (eumhun 벼락 력 (byeorak ryeok), word-initial (South Korea) 벼락 역 (byeorak yeok))

hanja form^? of 력/역 (“thunder”)

Compounds

벽력 (霹靂, byeongnyeok, “thunder; bolt”)
청천벽력 (靑天霹靂, cheongcheonbyeongnyeok, “bolt from the blue”)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

靂: Hán Nôm readings: rích

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