# 勵

| 勵 | U+52F5, &#21237; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52F5 |
| ← 勴 [U+52F4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 勶 → [U+52F6] |
| 勵 | U+F97F, &#63871; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F97F |
| ← 量 [U+F97E] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 呂 → [U+F980] |

## Translingual
### Han character

勵 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+15, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一月大尸 (MBKS), four-corner 7422$_7$, composition ⿰厲力)

#### Derived characters

* 𥗠, 䘈

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 149, character 44
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2472
* Dae Jaweon: page 338, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 381, character 17
* Unihan data for U+52F5
* Unihan data for U+F97F

## 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) : phonetic 厲 (OC *m·rads) + semantic 力.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lì (li$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lai$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): li
* Eastern Min (BUC): lâ̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lē
    (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: lai$^6$
*** Yale: laih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐi̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li
*** Hakka Romanization System: li
*** Hagfa Pinyim: li$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lâ̤
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃ɑ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē
*** Tâi-lô: lē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: le
*** IPA (Xiamen): /le²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /le²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /le³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /le³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: li$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /li³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: ljejH
Rime :
| Character | 勵 |
| 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
    (Zhengzhang): /*m·rads/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 勵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12622 |
| Phonetic component | 萬 |
| Rime group | 祭 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 例 |
| Old Chinese | /*m·rads/ |

### Definitions

勵
* to encourage
* (literary) to strive
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 勉勵／勉励 (miǎnlì)
* 勵兵秣馬／励兵秣马
* 勵志／励志 (lìzhì)
* 勵節／励节
* 勵精圖治／励精图治
* 勵精求治／励精求治
* 勵翼／励翼
* 勵行／励行
* 奮勵／奋励
* 彫勵／雕励
* 惕勵／惕励
* 愛的鼓勵／爱的鼓励
* 敦品勵學／敦品励学 (dūnpǐnlìxué)
* 激勵／激励 (jīlì)
* 獎勵／奖励 (jiǎnglì)
* 矯世勵俗／矫世励俗
* 砥名勵節／砥名励节
* 策勵／策励 (cèlì)
* 自勵／自励 (zìlì)
* 風世勵俗／风世励俗
* 鼓勵／鼓励 (gǔlì)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 励 |
| Kyūjitai | 勵 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 励)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): れい (rei)
* Kun: はげむ (hagemu)

## Korean
### Hanja

勵 (eumhun 힘쓸 려 (himsseul ryeo), word-initial (South Korea) 힘쓸 여 (himsseul yeo))
* hanja form of 려/여 (“strive”)
* hanja form of 려/여 (“encourage”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

勵: Hán Nôm readings: lệ, lẹ
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