# 蠡

| 蠡 | U+8821, &#34849; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8821 |
| ← 蠠 [U+8820] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蠢 → [U+8822] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蠡 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 女人中戈戈 (VOLII), four-corner 2713$_6$, composition ⿱彖䖵)
* wood-boring insect
* bore into wood
* dipper made from the hard shell of a fruit, such as that of a calabash

#### Derived characters

* 㒩, 𢥾, 攭, 欚, 㼖, 𦫈, 䤙, 𩽵, 劙, 𤬤, 𧅮, 𤼠
* 𦧽 (Related)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1101, character 41
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33796
* Dae Jaweon: page 1565, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2903, character 5
* Unihan data for U+8821

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 蠡 | *reːlʔ, *rel, *roːl |
| 盠 | *reːlʔ, *reːl |
| 彖 | *l̥ʰjelʔ, *hljelʔ, *l̥ʰoːns |
| 墬 | *l'els |
| 喙 | *hlods, *l̥ʰjods |
| 餯 | *hlods |
| 剶 | *ʔslon, *l̥ʰon |
| 猭 | *l̥ʰon, *l̥ʰons |
| 鶨 | *l̥ʰons, *l'uːns |
| 椽 | *l'on |
| 篆 | *l'onʔ |
| 瑑 | *l'onʔ |
| 堟 | *l'onʔ |
| 蝝 | *lon |
| 緣 | *lon, *lons |
| 櫞 | *lon |
| 掾 | *lons |
| 褖 | *l̥ʰoːns |
| 湪 | *l̥ʰoːns |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lí (li$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ
* 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/
* Middle Chinese: lje
Rime :
| Character | 蠡 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 呂支切 |
| Baxter | lje |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /liᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /liɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ljɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /liə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /lie/ |
| Wang Li | /lǐe/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /lie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*rel/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蠡 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| No. | 1465 |
| Phonetic component | 彖 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 離 |
| Old Chinese | /*rel/ |

#### Definitions

蠡
* (literary) gourd ladle
    From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
    Yǔ yuē ‘yǐ guǎn kuī tiān, yǐ lǐ cè hǎi, yǐ tíng zhuàngzhōng’, qǐ néng tōng qí tiáoguàn, kǎo qí wénlǐ, fā qí yīnshēng zāi! [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Compounds

* 以蠡測海 / 以蠡测海
* 持蠡測海 / 持蠡测海
* 熐蠡
* 甕天蠡海 / 瓮天蠡海
* 瘯蠡
* 管窺蠡測 / 管窥蠡测
* 蠡測 / 蠡测 (lícè)
* 蠡蠡
* 蠡酌
* 谷蠡 (lùlí)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǐ (li$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lai$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǐ
*** Wade–Giles: li$^3$
*** Yale: lǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lii
*** Palladius: ли (li)
*** Sinological IPA : /li²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lai$^5$
*** Yale: láih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐi̯¹³/
* Middle Chinese: lejX
Rime :
| Character | 蠡 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 盧啓切 |
| Baxter | lejX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lei$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lei$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lɛi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɛj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /lei$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /liei$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /liei$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lai$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*reːlʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蠡 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| No. | 1463 |
| Phonetic component | 彖 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 禮 |
| Old Chinese | /*reːlʔ/ |

#### Definitions

蠡
* (obsolete) to wear out
    From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
    Yǐ zhuīlǐ. [Pinyin]
    Because at the pivot the knob of Yu's bells is nearly worn through.
* (～縣) Li County (a county of Hebei, China)

#### Compounds

* 彭蠡
* 彭蠡湖

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): luó (luo$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: luó
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: luó
*** Wade–Giles: lo$^2$
*** Yale: lwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luo
*** Palladius: ло (lo)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu̯ɔ³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: lwa
Rime :
| Character | 蠡 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 戈 (95) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 落戈切 |
| Baxter | lwa |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /luɑ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /luɑ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /luɑ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lwa/ |
| Li Rong | /luɑ/ |
| Wang Li | /luɑ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /luɑ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | luó |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lo$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*roːl/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蠡 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| No. | 12513 |
| Phonetic component | 彖 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 𩼊 |
| Old Chinese | /*roːl/ |

#### Definitions

蠡
* (obsolete) Alternative form of 蠃

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): れい (rei)、らい (rai)、り (ri)
* Kun: ひさご (hisago)、にな (nina)

## Korean
### Hanja

蠡 • (ryeo>yeo) (hangeul 려>여, revised ryeo>yeo, McCune–Reischauer ryŏ>yŏ, Yale lye>ye)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

蠡: Hán Nôm readings: lãi
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