# 擂

| 擂 | U+64C2, &#25794; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64C2 |
| ← 擁 [U+64C1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 擃 → [U+64C3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

擂 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手一月田 (QMBW), four-corner 5106$_3$, composition ⿰扌雷)
* rub, grind
* grind with a mortar and pestle
* triturate

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 457, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12783
* Dae Jaweon: page 806, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1967, character 10
* Unihan data for U+64C2

## 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ruːl, *ruːls) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 雷 (OC *ruːl).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): léi (lei$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lùi
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lûi
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$le
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: léi
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: léi
*** Wade–Giles: lei$^2$
*** Yale: léi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lei
*** Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /leɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: leoi$^4$
*** Yale: lèuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loey$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵy̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lùi
*** Hakka Romanization System: lui$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lui$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /lu̯i¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi
*** Tâi-lô: luî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: luii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lui²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lui²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lui²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$le
*** MiniDict: le$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$le
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²³/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ruːl/, /*ruːls/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 擂 | 擂 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 7708 | 7726 |
| Phonetic component | 畾 | 畾 |
| Rime group | 微 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 雷 | 纇 |
| Old Chinese | /*ruːl/ | /*ruːls/ |
| Notes | 攂後起字：研 | 攂後起字擊鼓 |

#### Definitions

擂
* to grind
    擂茶 ― léichá ― ground tea
* to beat
    擂鼓 ― léigǔ ― to beat the drums of war
* (Hakka) to wipe hard/ roughly

#### Compounds

* 吹擂
* 大吹大擂 (dàchuīdàléi)
* 揚幡擂鼓／扬幡擂鼓
* 搖旗擂鼓／摇旗擂鼓 (yáo qí léigǔ)
* 擂天倒地
* 擂家
* 擂槌
* 擂缽／擂钵 (léibō)
* 擂鼓 (léigǔ)
* 擂鼓三通
* 擂鼓篩鑼／擂鼓筛锣
* 擂鼓鳴金／擂鼓鸣金
* 發擂／发擂
* 自吹自擂 (zìchuīzìléi)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lèi, léi (lei$^4$, lei$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˋ, ㄌㄟˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lùi
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lûi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lèi
*** Wade–Giles: lei$^4$
*** Yale: lèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ley
*** Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /leɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: léi
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: léi
*** Wade–Giles: lei$^2$
*** Yale: léi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lei
*** Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /leɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: leoi$^4$
*** Yale: lèuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loey$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵy̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lùi
*** Hakka Romanization System: lui$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lui$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /lu̯i¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi
*** Tâi-lô: luî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: luii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lui²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lui²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lui²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui²³/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ruːl/, /*ruːls/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 擂 | 擂 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 7708 | 7726 |
| Phonetic component | 畾 | 畾 |
| Rime group | 微 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 雷 | 纇 |
| Old Chinese | /*ruːl/ | /*ruːls/ |
| Notes | 攂後起字：研 | 攂後起字擊鼓 |

#### Definitions

擂
* Only used in 擂臺／擂台 (lèitái).

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01684

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* grind
* mash
* grate

#### Readings

* Go-on: らい (rai)
* Kan-on: らい (rai)
* Kun: する (suru, 擂る)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

擂: Hán Nôm readings: lôi, soi
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