# 莉

| 莉 | U+8389, &#33673; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8389 |
| ← 莈 [U+8388] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 莊 → [U+838A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

莉 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹木弓 (THDN), four-corner 4492$_0$, composition ⿱艹利)

#### Derived characters

* 𠍆, 𣼵, 㻳

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1033, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31034
* Dae Jaweon: page 1492, character 25
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3219, character 17
* Unihan data for U+8389

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 犁 | *riːl, *ril |
| 黎 | *riːl |
| 莉 | *riːl, *r'il, *r'i |
| 黧 | *riːl |
| 鯬 | *riːl, *ril |
| 筣 | *riːl, *ri |
| 蔾 | *riːl, *ril |
| 藜 | *riːl |
| 邌 | *riːl |
| 瓈 | *riːl |
| 鵹 | *rel |
| 棃 | *ril |
| 梨 | *ril |
| 蟍 | *ril |
| 蜊 | *ril |
| 鑗 | *ril |
| 利 | *rids |
| 痢 | *rids |
| 浰 | *riːns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *riːl, *r'il, *r'i) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 利 (OC *rids).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lì (li$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lei$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lei$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lē / lī / nī
    (Teochew, Peng'im): li$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lì
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lì
*** Wade–Giles: li$^4$
*** Yale: lì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
*** Palladius: ли (li)
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lei$^6$
*** Yale: leih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lei$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: léi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lei̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lei³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē
*** Tâi-lô: lē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: le
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /le²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī
*** Tâi-lô: lī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: li
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /li³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /li²²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nī
*** Tâi-lô: nī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ni
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /nĩ³³/
* lē - literary;
* lī/nī - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: drij, dri, lej
Rime :
| Character | 莉 | 莉 | 莉 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) | 澄 (11) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) | 之 (19) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 直尼切 | 直之切 | 郎奚切 |
| Baxter | drij | dri | lej |
| 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 | lí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ci$^4$ | ci$^4$ | lai$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*riːl/, /*r'il/, /*r'i/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 莉 | 莉 | 莉 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 7881 | 7900 | 7902 |
| Phonetic component | 利 | 利 | 利 |
| Rime group | 脂 | 脂 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 黎 | 墀 | 治 |
| Old Chinese | /*riːl/ | /*r'il/ | /*r'i/ |

### Definitions

莉
* Used in 茉莉 (mòlì).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* white jasmine
* Asian pear (Pyrus pyrifolia)

#### Readings

* Go-on: らい (rai)
* Kan-on: れい (rei)
* Kan’yō-on: り (ri)

##### Synonyms

* (pear): 梨(り) (ri)

## Korean
### Hanja

莉 • (ri>i) (hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune–Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

莉 (lị, lài, lý, lợi, nhài)