# 驪

| 驪 | U+9A6A, &#39530; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A6A |
| ← 驩 [U+9A69] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 驫 → [U+9A6B] |
| 驪 | U+F987, &#63879; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F987 |
| ← 閭 [U+F986] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 麗 → [U+F988] |

## Translingual
### Han character

驪 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+19, 29 strokes, cangjie input 尸火一一心 (SFMMP), four-corner 7131$_1$, composition ⿰馬麗)

#### Descendants

* 骊 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1447, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45090
* Dae Jaweon: page 1972, character 31
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4585, character 4
* Unihan data for U+9A6A
* Unihan data for U+F987

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːl, *rel) : semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 麗 (OC *reːls, *rel).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lí (li$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lei$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lí
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lí
*** Wade–Giles: li$^2$
*** Yale: lí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
*** Palladius: ли (li)
*** Sinological IPA : /li³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lei$^4$
*** Yale: lèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: léi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lei̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: lje, lej
Rime :
| Character | 驪 | 驪 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 呂支切 | 郎奚切 |
| Baxter | lje | lej |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /liᴇ/ | /lei/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /liɛ/ | /lei/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ljɛ/ | /lɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /liə̆/ | /lɛj/ |
| Li Rong | /lie/ | /lei/ |
| Wang Li | /lǐe/ | /liei/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /lie̯/ | /liei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lí | lí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lei$^4$ | lai$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*reːl/, /*rel/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 驪 | 驪 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 7910 | 7918 |
| Phonetic component | 丽 | 丽 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 黎 | 離 |
| Old Chinese | /*reːl/ | /*rel/ |

#### Definitions

驪
* (literary) pure black horse
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Sì lí jǐjǐ, chuí pèi mǐmǐ. [Pinyin]
    Her four black horses are beautiful, and soft look the reins as they hang.
* (～山) Mount Li in Shaanxi province
* (alt. form 孋／㛤) historical tribe in ancient China
    See also: 驪戎
* a surname

##### Compounds

* 句驪／句骊
* 探驪得珠／探骊得珠
* 探驪獲珠／探骊获珠
* 牝牡驪黃／牝牡骊黄
* 驪姬／骊姬
* 驪姬之亂／骊姬之乱
* 驪山／骊山 (Líshān)
* 驪山老母／骊山老母
* 驪戎／骊戎
* 驪歌／骊歌 (lígē)
* 驪珠／骊珠 (lízhū)
* 驪珠串／骊珠串
* 驪駒／骊驹
* 驪駒在門／骊驹在门

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Chí (Chi$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Chí
*** Zhuyin: ㄔˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Chíh
*** Wade–Giles: Chʻih$^2$
*** Yale: Chŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyr
*** Palladius: Чи (Či)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/

#### Definitions

驪
* Only used in 驪靬／骊靬 (Chíqián).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* pair of horses
* lustrous black horse

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): り (ri)、れい (rei)
* Kun: くろこま (kurokoma)、くろうま (kurouma)

#### Compounds

* 驪馬(りば) (riba)
* 驪駒(りく) (riku)
* 驪竜(りりゅう) (riryū)
* 驪珠(りしゅ) (rishu)
* 鉄驪(てつり) (tetsuri)

## Korean
### Hanja

驪 • (ryeo>yeo) (hangeul 려>여, revised ryeo>yeo, McCune–Reischauer ryŏ>yŏ, Yale lye>ye)
* A pure black horse
* A pair of horses

## Vietnamese
### Han character

驪: Hán Nôm readings: li
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation