# 磊

| 磊 | U+78CA, &#30922; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78CA |
| ← 磉 [U+78C9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 磋 → [U+78CB] |
| 磊 | U+F947, &#63815; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F947 |
| ← 牢 [U+F946] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 賂 → [U+F948] |

## Translingual
### Han character

磊 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一口一口口 (MRMRR), four-corner 1066$_1$, composition ⿱石砳)

#### Derived characters

* 𠐞, 𡂳, 𡓃, 𢤡, 㩡, 𤂬, 𤢿, 㰁, 𤑭, 𥗐, 𥫌, 𦇒, 𫴷, 𨇒, 𨊚, 𨏒(𰺢), 𠁻, 𬅓, 𩟬, 𩧍, 𩽊, 𪒽
* 㔏, 𪿸, 𫡎, 𪤬, 𰘾, 𡾏, 藞, 𡕎, 𥶲, 𡤟, 𥗧, 𥗤, 𩯹, 𧖌, 𢋧, 𤻳, 𡾷

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 834, character 26
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24394
* Dae Jaweon: page 1251, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2447, character 3
* Unihan data for U+78CA
* Unihan data for U+F947

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 磊
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 藞 | *raːlʔ |
| 磊 | *ruːlʔ |
Triplication of 石 (“stone”).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lěi (lei$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lúi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lui$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lěi
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lěi
*** Wade–Giles: lei$^3$
*** Yale: lěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leei
*** Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /leɪ̯²¹⁴/
* 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)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lúi
*** Tâi-lô: luí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: luie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lui⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lui⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lui⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: lui$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lúi
*** Sinological IPA : /lui⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: lwojX
Rime :
| Character | 磊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 灰 (42) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 落猥切 |
| Baxter | lwojX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /luʌi$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /luoi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /luɒi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lwəj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /luᴀi$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /luɒi$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /luɑ̆i$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lěi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | leoi$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ruːlʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 磊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7767 |
| Phonetic component | 磊 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 磥 |
| Old Chinese | /*ruːlʔ/ |
| Notes | 同磥 |

#### Definitions

磊
* appearance of piles of rocks
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to pile up
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) large; tall

##### Compounds

* 光明磊落 (guāngmínglěiluò)
* 塊磊 / 块磊
* 嶔崎磊落 / 嵚崎磊落
* 抑塞磊落
* 磊塊 / 磊块
* 磊砢
* 磈磊
* 磊磊 (lěilěi)
* 磊磊落落 (lěilěiluòluò)
* 磊落 (lěiluò)
* 磊落不羈 / 磊落不羁
* 磊落軼蕩 / 磊落轶荡

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lěi (lei$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi$^5$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): log$^8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lěi
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lěi
*** Wade–Giles: lei$^3$
*** Yale: lěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leei
*** Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /leɪ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: leoi$^5$
*** Yale: léuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loey$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵy̯¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: log$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /lok̚⁴/

#### Definitions

磊
* Only used in 磊口.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* lots of stones

#### Readings

* Go-on: らい (rai)
* Kan-on: らい (rai)
* Nanori: こいし (koishi)

### Definitions

* Kanji in this term
* 磊
* こいし Hyōgai
* nanori
For pronunciation and definitions of 磊 – see the following entry. :
| 【小石こいし】 | [noun] pebble, stone [proper noun] a surname Alternative spelling 礫 |
(This term, 磊, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

磊 • (roe>noe) (hangeul 뢰>뇌, revised roe>noe, McCune–Reischauer roe>noe, Yale loy>noy)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

磊: Hán Nôm readings: lỗi
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