# 藜

| 藜 | U+85DC, &#34268; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85DC |
| ← 藛 [U+85DB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 藝 → [U+85DD] |

## Translingual
### Han character

藜 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹竹水 (THHE), four-corner 4413$_2$, composition ⿱艹黎)
* fat hen (Chenopodium album)

#### Derived characters

* 𧅏

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1065, character 30
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32326
* Dae Jaweon: page 1530, character 21
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3320, character 4
* Unihan data for U+85DC

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 犁 | *riːl, *ril |
| 黎 | *riːl |
| 莉 | *riːl, *r'il, *r'i |
| 黧 | *riːl |
| 鯬 | *riːl, *ril |
| 筣 | *riːl, *ri |
| 蔾 | *riːl, *ril |
| 藜 | *riːl |
| 邌 | *riːl |
| 瓈 | *riːl |
| 鵹 | *rel |
| 棃 | *ril |
| 梨 | *ril |
| 蟍 | *ril |
| 蜊 | *ril |
| 鑗 | *ril |
| 利 | *rids |
| 痢 | *rids |
| 浰 | *riːns |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lí (li$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lai$^4$ / lei$^4$
* 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: lai$^4$ / lei$^4$
*** Yale: làih / lèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lai$^4$ / lei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lei$^4$ / léi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐi̯²¹/, /lei̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: lej
Rime :
| Character | 藜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 郎奚切 |
| Baxter | lej |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lei/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lei/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɛj/ |
| Li Rong | /lei/ |
| Wang Li | /liei/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /liei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lai$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*riːl/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 藜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7886 |
| Phonetic component | 利 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 黎 |
| Old Chinese | /*riːl/ |

### Definitions

藜
* goosefoot
* a surname, Li

#### Compounds

* 杖藜
* 蒸藜
* 蒸藜出妻
* 燃藜
* 羹藜唅糗
* 花藜胡哨 (huālihúshào)
* 蒺藜 (jílí)
* 藜床
* 藜暴
* 藜杖 (lízhàng)
* 藜羹
* 藜蕨
* 藜蘆 / 藜芦
* 藜藿 (líhuò)
* 藜藿不採 / 藜藿不采
* 配藜
* 鐵蒺藜 / 铁蒺藜

### References

* “藜”, 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

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Compounds

* 白藜(しろざ) (shiroza, “white goosefoot (Chenopodium album)”)

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): れい (rei)、らい (rai)
* Kun: あかざ (akaza)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 藜
* あかざ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
The first part /aka/ means 赤(あか) (aka, “red”), named for it's surface of young leaves covered with magenta coloured powdery hair. Meaning of the later part /za/ is unascertained. Compare 白藜(しろざ) (shiroza, “Chenopodium album”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あかざ [àkázá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [a̠ka̠za̠]

### Noun

藜(あかざ) or 藜(アカザ) • (akaza)
* Chenopodium album var. centrorubrum; a red variety of white goosefoot

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

藜 (eumhun 명아주 려 (myeong'aju ryeo), word-initial (South Korea) 명아주 여 (myeong'aju yeo))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

藜: Hán Nôm readings: lê
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