# 蠣

| 蠣 | U+8823, &#34851; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8823 |
| ← 蠢 [U+8822] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蠤 → [U+8824] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蠣 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一廿月 (LIMTB), four-corner 5112$_7$, composition ⿰虫厲)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1102, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33799
* Dae Jaweon: page 1565, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2900, character 1
* Unihan data for U+8823

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 糲 | *m·raːds, *m·rads, *m·raːd |
| 犡 | *m·raːds, *m·rads |
| 噧 | *hmreːds, *r̥ʰaːd |
| 邁 | *mraːds |
| 勱 | *mraːds |
| 蠆 | *m̥ʰraːds |
| 厲 | *m·rads |
| 勵 | *m·rads |
| 礪 | *m·rads |
| 蠣 | *m·rads |
| 蠇 | *m·rads |
| 癘 | *m·rads |
| 濿 | *m·rads |
| 櫔 | *m·rads |
| 巁 | *m·rads |
| 贎 | *m·rads, *mlans |
| 萬 | *mlans |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *m·rads) : semantic 虫 (“insect; bug; creature”) + phonetic 厲 (OC *m·rads).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lì (li$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lai$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lai$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): li
    (Meixian, Guangdong): li$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): lī
* Eastern Min (BUC): diê / lâ̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lē
    (Teochew, Peng'im): li$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$li
* 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: lai$^6$
*** Yale: laih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐi̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lai$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lai³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li
*** Hakka Romanization System: li
*** Hagfa Pinyim: li$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: li$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /li⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lī
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: diê / lâ̤
*** Sinological IPA : /tiɛ²⁴²/, /l̃ɑ²⁴²/
* diê - colloquial;
* lâ̤ - literary.
* Middle Chinese: ljejH
Rime :
| Character | 蠣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 祭 (35) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力制切 |
| Baxter | ljejH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /liᴇi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /liɛi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ljæi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /liaj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /liɛi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭɛi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /li̯ɛi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-rat-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*m·rads/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蠣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | lì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ljej$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*mə-rat-s/ |
| English | oyster |
| 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 | 蠣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12624 |
| Phonetic component | 萬 |
| Rime group | 祭 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 例 |
| Old Chinese | /*m·rads/ |
| Notes | 說文蠇之後起分化字 |

### Definitions

蠣
* oyster

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蠣, 蠔, 牡蠣, 牡蛤, 蠣蛤, 古賁 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 牡蠣, 蠔, 海蠣子, 海蠣 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 牡蠣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 牡蠣, 蚵仔, 蚵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 蠔 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蠔 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 海蠣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 蠔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蠔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蠔, 生蠔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蠔 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蠔 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蠔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蠔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蠔 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) | 生蠔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蚵仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蚵仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蚵仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蚵 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蚵仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蚵 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蠣黃 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蠣 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 八蠣 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 蠣 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 蠣 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 蠣 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蚵仔, 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蚵仔, 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蚵仔, 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蚵 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 蚵仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蠔, 水生 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 蠔仔 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蠔, 水生, 水魚 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蠔 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 蠔 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蚮 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蠔 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 蚮 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 蚮 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蚮, 蠔 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 蠔 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 蚮 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蠣黃 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蠣膏 |

### Compounds

* 海蠣子／海蛎子 (hǎilìzi)
* 牡蠣／牡蛎 (mǔlì)
* 玄蠣／玄蛎
* 蛤蠣／蛤蛎
* 蠔蠣／蚝蛎
* 蠣塘／蛎塘
* 蠣奴／蛎奴
* 蠣房／蛎房
* 蠣槎／蛎槎
* 蠣灰／蛎灰
* 蠣牆／蛎墙
* 蠣粉／蛎粉
* 蠣粉牆／蛎粉墙
* 蠣蛤／蛎蛤
* 蠣蠔／蛎蚝
* 蠣餅／蛎饼 (lìbǐng)
* 蠣鷸／蛎鹬 (lìyù)
* 蠣黃／蛎黄

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 蛎 |
| Kyūjitai | 蠣 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蛎)
* oyster

#### Readings

* Go-on: らい (rai)
* Kan-on: れい (rei)
* Kun: かき (kaki, 蠣)

## Korean
### Hanja

蠣 • (ryeo>yeo) (hangeul 려>여, revised ryeo>yeo, McCune–Reischauer ryŏ>yŏ, Yale lye>ye)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

蠣: Hán Nôm readings: lệ, lị
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