# 儷

| 儷 | U+5137, &#20791; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5137 |
| ← 儶 [U+5136] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 儸 → [U+5138] |

## Translingual
### Han character

儷 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+19, 21 strokes, cangjie input 人一一心 (OMMP), four-corner 2121$_1$, composition ⿰亻麗)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 121, character 36
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1311
* Dae Jaweon: page 256, character 24
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 238, character 18
* Unihan data for U+5137

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 儷
* Small seal scripts05816Transcribed ancient scriptsL02321
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | Old Chinese |
| 灑 | *sreːlʔ, *sreːlʔ, *srelʔ, *srels |
| 籭 | *sreːl, *srel |
| 躧 | *sreːlʔ, *srelʔ |
| 曬 | *sreːls, *srels |
| 廲 | *reːl |
| 驪 | *reːl, *rel |
| 鱺 | *reːlʔ |
| 欐 | *reːlʔ, *reːls, *srel |
| 丽 | *reːls |
| 麗 | *reːls, *rel |
| 儷 | *reːls |
| 鸝 | *rel |
| 酈 | *rel, *reːɡ |
| 孋 | *rel |
| 矖 | *rel, *srelʔ |
| 穲 | *rel |
| 邐 | *relʔ |
| 彲 | *r̥ʰel |
| 釃 | *srel, *srelʔ, *sra |
| 襹 | *srel, *srels |
| 纚 | *srelʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːls) : semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 麗 (OC *reːls, *rel).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lì (li$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lai$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lē / lî
* 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: lai$^6$
*** Yale: laih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐi̯²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē / lî
*** Tâi-lô: lē / lî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: le, lii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /le²²/, /li²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁴¹/, /li²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /le²²/, /li¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /le³³/, /li²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /le³³/, /li²³/
* Middle Chinese: lejH
Rime :
| Character | 儷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 郎計切 |
| Baxter | lejH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lei$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lei$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lɛi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɛj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /lei$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /liei$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /liei$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*reːls/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 儷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7915 |
| Phonetic component | 丽 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 麗 |
| Old Chinese | /*reːls/ |

#### Definitions

儷
* married couple
* (poetry) of a couplet

#### Compounds

* 伉儷／伉俪 (kànglì)
* 作儷／作俪
* 倚儷／倚俪
* 偶儷／偶俪
* 儔儷／俦俪 (chóulì)
* 儷事／俪事
* 儷人／俪人
* 儷偕／俪偕
* 儷偶／俪偶
* 儷劄／俪劄
* 儷句／俪句
* 儷對／俪对
* 儷巧／俪巧
* 儷影／俪影
* 儷影雙雙／俪影双双
* 儷曲／俪曲
* 儷然／俪然
* 儷皮／俪皮
* 儷祉／俪祉
* 儷裁／俪裁
* 儷語／俪语
* 儷走／俪走
* 儷辭／俪辞
* 儷采
* 儷鑒／俪鉴
* 儷陳／俪陈
* 儷體／俪体
* 升儷
* 參儷／参俪
* 四六駢儷／四六骈俪
* 失儷／失俪
* 嬪儷／嫔俪
* 棽儷／棽俪
* 榮諧伉儷／荣谐伉俪
* 淑儷／淑俪
* 相儷／相俪
* 罕儷／罕俪
* 耦儷／耦俪
* 諧儷／谐俪
* 賢伉儷／贤伉俪
* 配儷／配俪
* 駢儷／骈俪
* 駢四儷六／骈四俪六 (piánsìlìliù)
* 駢枝儷葉／骈枝俪叶
* 魚儷／鱼俪
* 鮮儷／鲜俪

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Eastern Min (BUC): nâ
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: nâ
*** Sinological IPA : /nˡɑ²⁴²/

#### Definitions

儷
* (Eastern Min) only
       Ĭ nâ siăh>siĕh chái, n̂g-siăh>siĕh nṳ̆k. / [i⁵⁵ nˡɑ²⁴² sieʔ⁵ t͡sʰɑi²¹³ $^{(ŋ̍-)}$n̩²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(s-)}$nieʔ⁵ nˡyʔ⁵] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
       He only eats vegetables, and does not eat meat.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* companion

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): れい (rei)
* Kun: つれあい (tsureai)、ならぶ (narabu)

## Korean
### Hanja

儷 (eum 려 (ryeo))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

儷: Hán Nôm readings: lệ
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#### References

* Nom Foundation