# 嫠

| 嫠 | U+5AE0, &#23264; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AE0 |
| ← 嫟 [U+5ADF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嫡 → [U+5AE1] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嫠 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十大一女 (JKMV), four-corner 5824$_4$, composition ⿸𠩺女)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 269, character 36
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6655
* Dae Jaweon: page 537, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1075, character 2
* Unihan data for U+5AE0

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 犛 | *rɯː, *rɯ, *maːw, *mraːw |
| 釐 | *rɯ |
| 嫠 | *rɯ |
| 剺 | *rɯ |
| 孷 | *rɯ |
| 漦 | *sɦrɯ |
| 氂 | *rɯ, *maːw |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rɯ) : phonetic 𠩺 + semantic 女 (“woman”).

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lí (li$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lei$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): liè
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): li$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$li
* 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/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: liè
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃ie⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî
*** Tâi-lô: lî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /li²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /li²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /li¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /li²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: li$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lî
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$li
*** MiniDict: li$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$li
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²³/
* Middle Chinese: li
Rime :
| Character | 嫠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 里之切 |
| Baxter | li |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /liə/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭə/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /li/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*rɯ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嫠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7803 |
| Phonetic component | 釐 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 釐 |
| Old Chinese | /*rɯ/ |

### Definitions

嫠
* widow

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 寡, 寡婦, 寡妻, 嫠, 嫠婦, 孀, 孀妻, 孀婦, 遺孀, 孤孀, 孤嫠, 寡嫠 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 寡婦, 孤孀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 寡婦, 半邊人兒, 半邊人 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 寡婦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 寡婦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 寡婦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 寡婦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 寡婦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 寡婦 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 寡婦 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 寡婦兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 寡婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 寡婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 寡婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 寡婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 女寡婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 女寡婦 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 寡婦 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 寡婦 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 寡婦 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 寡婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 寡母子, 寡母兒, 寡婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 寡婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 寡婆, 寡婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 寡婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guanyang | 寡婆子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 寡母婆, 寡婦婆, 寡婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 寡婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 寡婦婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 老寡婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 寡婦 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 寡婦 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 半邊人, 寡婦 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 半邊人 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 寡婦 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 寡母婆, 寡婆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 寡母婆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 寡婦婆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 守寡婆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 守寡婆 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 寡婆 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 守寡婆 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 寡婦婆 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 寡母婆 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 寡母婆 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 寡母婆 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 寡婦 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 寡婦, 半邊人 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 寡婦 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 寡婦, 寡婦婆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 寡婦 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 寡婦婆 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 守寡婆 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 寡婦婆 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 守寡婆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 寡婦, 寡婦老嫗 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 寡婦 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 寡婦, 守寡哩 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 寡婦 |
| Jin | Linhe | 寡婦 |
| Jin | Jining | 寡婦 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 寡婦 |
| Jin | Baotou | 寡婦 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 寡婦 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 寡婦 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 守寡嫲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 孀居儂, 孀居 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 守寡儂, 守寡的, 守寡查某 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 守寡儂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 守寡儂 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 守寡個 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 寡婦 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 寡婦 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 寡婦 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 寡婦 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 寡婦 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 守節 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 死老公個 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 寡婆 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 寡母婆 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 孤孀, 寡婦 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 寡婦, 單邊人 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 孤孀 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 寡婦 |
| Wu | Danyang | 寡婦 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 寡婦 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 孤孀老𡢿, 孤孀 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 守寡老人兒, 守寡老安人, 單邊人 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 寡婦 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 寡婦 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 寡婦 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 單身寡婦, 寡婦 |

### Compounds

* 嫠不恤緯／嫠不恤纬
* 嫠人
* 嫠婦／嫠妇 (lífù)
* 嫠家
* 嫠居
* 嫠惸
* 嫠憂／嫠忧
* 嫠憂宗周／嫠忧宗周
* 嫠獨／嫠独
* 嫠節／嫠节
* 嫠緯／嫠纬
* 嫠緯之憂／嫠纬之忧
* 嫠輟緯／嫠辍纬
* 孀嫠
* 孤嫠 (gūlí)
* 孱嫠
* 寡嫠 (guǎlí)
* 恤嫠
* 恤嫠會／恤嫠会
* 惸嫠
* 煢嫠／茕嫠
* 窮嫠／穷嫠
* 節嫠／节嫠
* 貞嫠／贞嫠
* 貧嫠／贫嫠
* 鰥嫠／鳏嫠

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* widow

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): り (ri)
* Kun: やもめ (yamome)

## Korean
### Hanja

嫠 (eum 리 (ri))
* a widow

## Vietnamese
### Han character

嫠: 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