# 侶

| 侶 | U+4FB6, &#20406; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FB6 |
| ← 侵 [U+4FB5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 侷 → [U+4FB7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

侶 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人口竹口 (ORHR), four-corner 2626$_0$, composition ⿰亻呂)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 103, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 647
* Dae Jaweon: page 219, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 147, character 12
* Unihan data for U+4FB6

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǚ (lü$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lír / lú / lí / lǐr / lū / lī
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǚ
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: lü$^3$
*** Yale: lyǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leu
*** Palladius: люй (ljuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ly²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: leoi$^5$
*** Yale: léuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loey$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵy̯¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír
*** Tâi-lô: lír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú
*** Tâi-lô: lú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: luo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí
*** Tâi-lô: lí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lie
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǐr
*** Tâi-lô: lǐr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ²²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lū
*** Tâi-lô: lū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lu
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lu³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lu²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī
*** Tâi-lô: lī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: li
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²²/
* lír/lú/lí - literary;
* lǐr/lū/lī - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: ljoX
Rime :
| Character | 侶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力舉切 |
| Baxter | ljoX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɨʌ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /liɔ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /liɔ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɨə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /liɔ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭo$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯wo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lǚ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | leoi$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*raʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 侶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8580 |
| Phonetic component | 呂 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 吕 |
| Old Chinese | /*raʔ/ |
| Notes | 見王襃論 |

### Definitions

侶
* companion
* associate with

#### Compounds

* 丹侶 / 丹侣
* 仙侶 / 仙侣
* 伴侶 / 伴侣 (bànlǚ)
* 伴侶動物 / 伴侣动物 (bànlǚ dòngwù)
* 侶伴 / 侣伴
* 俗侶 / 俗侣
* 俊侶 / 俊侣
* 侶行 / 侣行
* 僚侶 / 僚侣
* 僧侶 / 僧侣 (sēnglǚ)
* 儒侶 / 儒侣
* 儕侶 / 侪侣
* 儔侶 / 俦侣
* 共侶 / 共侣
* 凡侶 / 凡侣
* 勝侶 / 胜侣
* 匹侶 / 匹侣
* 同侶 / 同侣
* 命侶 / 命侣
* 命儔嘯侶 / 命俦啸侣
* 商侶 / 商侣
* 嘯侶 / 啸侣
* 嘯侶命儔 / 啸侣命俦
* 嘯雲侶 / 啸云侣
* 塵侶 / 尘侣
* 失侶 / 失侣
* 學侶 / 学侣
* 官侶 / 官侣
* 宗侶 / 宗侣
* 宦侶 / 宦侣
* 客侶 / 客侣
* 山侶 / 山侣
* 崆峒侶 / 崆峒侣
* 徒侶 / 徒侣
* 情侶 / 情侣 (qínglǚ)
* 愛侶 / 爱侣 (àilǚ)
* 慕侶 / 慕侣
* 故侶 / 故侣
* 斷金侶 / 断金侣
* 方外侶 / 方外侣
* 曹侶 / 曹侣
* 會心侶 / 会心侣
* 朋侶 / 朋侣 (pénglǚ)
* 梵侶 / 梵侣
* 棋侶 / 棋侣
* 橐侶 / 橐侣
* 樵侶 / 樵侣
* 法侶 / 法侣
* 淨侶 / 净侣
* 無侶 / 无侣
* 煙侶 / 烟侣
* 煙霞侶 / 烟霞侣
* 燕侶 / 燕侣
* 燕侶鶯儔 / 燕侣莺俦
* 燕儔鶯侶 / 燕俦莺侣
* 狂朋怪侶 / 狂朋怪侣
* 百合侶 / 百合侣
* 百合情侶 / 百合情侣
* 真侶 / 真侣
* 禪侶 / 禅侣
* 空侶 / 空侣
* 簫侶 / 箫侣
* 終身伴侶 / 终身伴侣
* 結侶 / 结侣
* 緇侶 / 缁侣
* 義侶 / 义侣
* 舊侶 / 旧侣
* 蓬瀛侶 / 蓬瀛侣
* 行侶 / 行侣
* 詩侶 / 诗侣
* 詩朋酒侶 / 诗朋酒侣
* 賓侶 / 宾侣
* 追侶 / 追侣
* 逸侶 / 逸侣
* 遊侶 / 游侣
* 道侶 / 道侣
* 遺侶 / 遗侣
* 醉侶 / 醉侣
* 釋侶 / 释侣
* 釣侶 / 钓侣
* 靜侶 / 静侣
* 香侶 / 香侣
* 驂鸞侶 / 骖鸾侣
* 高侶 / 高侣
* 鳳侶 / 凤侣
* 鴛侶 / 鸳侣 (yuānlǚ)
* 鴛儔鳳侶 / 鸳俦凤侣
* 鴛鴦侶 / 鸳鸯侣
* 鴻儔鶴侶 / 鸿俦鹤侣
* 鵷侶 / 鹓侣
* 鶴侶 / 鹤侣
* 鶯儔燕侶 / 莺俦燕侣
* 鷺朋鷗侶 / 鹭朋鸥侣
* 鸞儔鳳侶 / 鸾俦凤侣

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ろ (ro)
* Kan-on: りょ (ryo, Jōyō)
* Kun: とも (tomo, 侶)

#### Compounds

* 侶伴(りょばん) (ryoban)

### Noun

侶(とも) • (tomo)
    友 (とも, tomo)
    朋 (とも, tomo)
    伴 (とも, tomo)
* companion, follower

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 侶 (MC ljoX).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | 령〯 (Yale: lyě) | 령〯 (Yale: lyě) |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 벋〯 (Yale: pět) | 려〮 (Yale: lyé) |

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɾjʌ̹] ~ [jʌ̹]
* Phonetic hangul: [려/여]

### Hanja

Wikisource 侶 (eumhun 짝 려 (jjak ryeo), word-initial (South Korea) 짝 여 (jjak yeo))
* hanja form of 려/여 (“companion”)

#### Compounds

* 반려 (伴侶, ballyeo)
* 승려 (僧侶, seungnyeo)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

侶: Hán Nôm readings: lứa, lữ
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#### References

* Nom Foundation