# 礧

| 礧 | U+7927, &#31015; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7927 |
| ← 礦 [U+7926] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 礨 → [U+7928] |

## Translingual
### Han character

礧 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 一口田田田 (MRWWW), four-corner 1666$_0$, composition ⿰石畾)
* roll

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 838, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24568
* Dae Jaweon: page 1255, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2463, character 1
* Unihan data for U+7927

## 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 |

### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 礧 – see 礌 (“huge rock dropped onto enemies from high places; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 礌).

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): léi (lei$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi$^5$ / leoi$^6$
* 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$^5$ / leoi$^6$
*** Yale: léuih / leuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loey$^5$ / loey$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêu$^5$ / lêu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵy̯¹³/, /lɵy̯²²/
* Middle Chinese: lwojX, lwojH
Rime :
| Character | 礧 | 礧 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 灰 (42) | 灰 (42) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 落猥切 | 盧對切 |
| Baxter | lwojX | lwojH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /luʌi$^X$/ | /luʌi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /luoi$^X$/ | /luoi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /luɒi$^X$/ | /luɒi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lwəj$^X$/ | /lwəj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /luᴀi$^X$/ | /luᴀi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /luɒi$^X$/ | /luɒi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /luɑ̆i$^X$/ | /luɑ̆i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lěi | lèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | leoi$^5$ | leoi$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ruːll/, /*ruːlʔ/, /*ruːls/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 礧 | 礧 | 礧 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 7710 | 7722 | 7728 |
| Phonetic component | 畾 | 畾 | 畾 |
| Rime group | 微 | 微 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | | 磥 | 纇 |
| Old Chinese | /*ruːll/ | /*ruːlʔ/ | /*ruːls/ |
| Notes | | | 見漢書 |

### Definitions

礧
* (literally, figurative) to strike; to hit; to ram

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lěi (lei$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ
* 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/

### Definitions

礧
* uneven; not smooth; rough
* unfair; unjust
* indignant; resentful
* appearance of piles of rocks
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to pile up
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) large; tall

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* pile of stones
* roll

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): らい (rai)、るい (rui)

## Korean
### Hanja

礧 • (roe>noe) (hangeul 뢰>뇌, revised roe>noe, McCune–Reischauer roe>noe, Yale loy>noy)
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