# 靂

| 靂 | U+9742, &#38722; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9742 |
| ← 靁 [U+9741] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 靃 → [U+9743] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 靂 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 𮦷 |
| Simplified | 雳 |

### Han character

靂 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+16, 24 strokes, cangjie input 一月一竹一 (MBMHM), four-corner 1021$_1$, composition ⿱⻗歷)

#### Derived characters

* 𫭁

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1380, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42523
* Dae Jaweon: page 1889, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4082, character 9
* Unihan data for U+9742

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 秝 | *reːɡ |
| 歷 | *reːɡ |
| 曆 | *reːɡ |
| 磿 | *reːɡ |
| 靂 | *reːɡ |
| 癧 | *reːɡ |
| 櫪 | *reːɡ |
| 藶 | *reːɡ |
| 瀝 | *reːɡ |
| 攊 | *reːɡ |
| 厤 | *reːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *reːɡ): semantic 雨 + phonetic 歷 (OC *reːɡ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lì (li$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lik$^6$ / lik$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): lĭk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): leh$^7$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍k / le̍k
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lì
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lì
*** Wade–Giles: li$^4$
*** Yale: lì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
*** Palladius: ли (li)
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lik$^6$ / lik$^1$
*** Yale: lihk / līk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lik$^9$ / lik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lig$^6$ / lig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɪk̚²/, /lɪk̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lĭk
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃iʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: leh$^7$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: le̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /lɛʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: leh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɛʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k
*** Tâi-lô: lia̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liak
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k
*** Tâi-lô: li̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lek
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /liɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹/
* Middle Chinese: lek
Rime :
| Character | 靂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 錫 (127) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 郎擊切 |
| Baxter | lek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lek̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lek̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lɛk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɛjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /lek̚/ |
| Wang Li | /liek̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /liek̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lik$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*reːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 靂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7983 |
| Phonetic component | 秝 |
| Rime group | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 靂 |
| Old Chinese | /*reːɡ/ |
| Notes | 闢歴後起字 |

### Definitions

靂
* Only used in 霹靂／霹雳 (pīlì).

#### Compounds

* 晴天霹靂 / 晴天霹雳 (qíngtiānpīlì)
* 焦霹靂 / 焦霹雳
* 霹靂 / 霹雳 (pīlì)
* 霹靂之聲 / 霹雳之声
* 霹靂小組 / 霹雳小组
* 霹靂尖 / 霹雳尖
* 霹靂引 / 霹雳引
* 霹靂弦 / 霹雳弦
* 霹靂戰 / 霹雳战
* 霹靂手 / 霹雳手
* 霹靂火 / 霹雳火
* 霹靂炮 / 霹雳炮
* 霹靂舞 / 霹雳舞 (pīlìwǔ)
* 霹靂行動 / 霹雳行动
* 霹靂袋 / 霹雳袋
* 霹靂說 / 霹雳说
* 霹靂車 / 霹雳车
* 青天霹靂 / 青天霹雳

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 𮦷 |
| Print standard | 靂 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𮦷)
* thunder

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): れき (reki)、りゃく (ryaku)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 靂 (MC lek). Recorded as Middle Korean 력〮 (lyék) (Yale: lyék) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɾjʌ̹k̚] ~ [jʌ̹k̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [력/역]

### Hanja

Wikisource 靂 (eumhun 벼락 력 (byeorak ryeok), word-initial (South Korea) 벼락 역 (byeorak yeok))
* hanja form of 력/역 (“thunder”)

#### Compounds

* 벽력 (霹靂, byeongnyeok, “thunder; bolt”)
* 청천벽력 (靑天霹靂, cheongcheonbyeongnyeok, “bolt from the blue”)

### 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

靂: Hán Nôm readings: rích
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