儷

See also: 俪

儷	U+5137, 儷 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 2121₁, 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 script s05816 Transcribed ancient scripts L02321
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).

Characters in the same phonetic series (丽) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	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

trad.		儷
simp.		俪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lē / lî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lì
  - Wade–Giles: li⁴
  - Yale: lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
  - Palladius: ли (li)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lai⁶
  - Yale: laih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/liei^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lai⁶

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

Etymology 2

trad.		儷
simp.		俪
alternative forms		㑚囇僅／仅

Pronunciation

Eastern Min (BUC): nâ

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nâ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡɑ²⁴²/

Definitions

儷

(Eastern Min) only
伊儷食菜，伓食肉。 [Eastern Min, trad.]
伊俪食菜，伓食肉。 [Eastern Min, simp.]
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

儷

(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

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