# 蕾

| 蕾 | U+857E, &#34174; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-857E |
| ← 蕽 [U+857D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蕿 → [U+857F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蕾 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿一月田 (TMBW), four-corner 4460$_3$, composition ⿱艹雷)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1059, character 48
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32067
* Dae Jaweon: page 1523, character 29
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3300, character 18
* Unihan data for U+857E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 摞 | *roːl, *roːls |
| 騾 | *roːl |
| 螺 | *roːl |
| 蔂 | *roːl, *rul |
| 虆 | *roːl, *rul |
| 瘰 | *roːlʔ |
| 礌 | *ruːl, *ruːls |
| 雷 | *ruːl |
| 擂 | *ruːl, *ruːls |
| 攂 | *ruːl, *ruːls |
| 礧 | *ruːll, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls |
| 儡 | *ruːl, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls |
| 瓃 | *ruːl, *rul, *ruls |
| 櫑 | *ruːl, *ruːlʔ |
| 鑘 | *ruːl, *ruːlʔ |
| 鐳 | *ruːl |
| 畾 | *ruːl |
| 轠 | *ruːl, *rulʔ |
| 罍 | *ruːl |
| 蕾 | *ruːlʔ |
| 癗 | *ruːlʔ |
| 磥 | *ruːlʔ |
| 累 | *ruːls, *rolʔ, *rols |
| 儽 | *ruːls, *rul |
| 樏 | *rolʔ, *rul |
| 鸓 | *rul, *rulʔ |
| 嫘 | *rul |
| 纍 | *rul, *ruls |
| 欙 | *rul |
| 纝 | *rul |
| 壘 | *rulʔ |
| 櫐 | *rulʔ |
| 蘽 | *rulʔ |
| 藟 | *rulʔ |
| 讄 | *rulʔ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lěi (lei$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi$^5$ / leoi$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lúi / lé
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$le
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lěi
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lěi
*** Wade–Giles: lei$^3$
*** Yale: lěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leei
*** Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /leɪ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: leoi$^5$ / leoi$^4$
*** Yale: léuih / lèuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loey$^5$ / loey$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêu$^5$ / lêu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵy̯¹³/, /lɵy̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lúi
*** Tâi-lô: luí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: luie
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lui⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /lui⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lé
*** Tâi-lô: lé
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lea
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /le⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /le⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$le
*** MiniDict: le$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$le
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²³/
* Middle Chinese: lwojX
Rime :
| Character | 蕾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 灰 (42) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 落猥切 |
| Baxter | lwojX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /luʌi$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /luoi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /luɒi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lwəj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /luᴀi$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /luɒi$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /luɑ̆i$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lěi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | leoi$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ruːlʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蕾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7719 |
| Phonetic component | 畾 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 磥 |
| Old Chinese | /*ruːlʔ/ |

### Definitions

蕾
* bud (of a flower)

### Compounds

* 古典芭蕾 (gǔdiǎn bālěi)
* 味蕾 (wèilěi)
* 德蕾莎 (Délěishā)
* 水上芭蕾
* 現代芭蕾／现代芭蕾
* 白芭蕾
* 空中芭蕾
* 花蕾 (huālěi)
* 芭蕾
* 芭蕾舞
* 蓓蕾 (bèilěi)
* 蕾絲／蕾丝 (lěisī)

### References

* “蕾”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: らい (rai)
* Kan-on: らい (rai)
* Kun: つぼみ (tsubomi, 蕾)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 蕾
* つぼみ Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 莟

### Noun

蕾(つぼみ) • (tsubomi)
* bud (of a flower)

## Korean
### Hanja

蕾 • (roe>noe) (hangeul 뢰>뇌, revised roe>noe, McCune–Reischauer roe>noe, Yale loy>noy)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

蕾: Hán Nôm readings: lôi, lỗi
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