嫠

嫠 U+5AE0, 嫠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AE0 ← 嫟 [U+5ADF] CJK Unified Ideographs 嫡 → [U+5AE1]

Translingual

Han character

嫠 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十大一女 (JKMV), four-corner 5824₄, composition ⿸𠩺女)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 269, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6655
• Dae Jaweon: page 537, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1075, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5AE0

Chinese

trad.		嫠
simp. #		嫠
alternative forms		釐 𡠉 𡟋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
犛	*rɯː, *rɯ, *maːw, *mraːw
釐	*rɯ
嫠	*rɯ
剺	*rɯ
孷	*rɯ
漦	*sɦrɯ
氂	*rɯ, *maːw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rɯ): phonetic 𠩺 + semantic 女 (“woman”).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lí (li²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): liè
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶li

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lí
    • Wade–Giles: li²
    • Yale: lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: lei⁴
    • Yale: lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: liè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ie⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî
    • Tâi-lô: lî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶li
    • MiniDict: li^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²³/

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• Middle Chinese: li

Rime
Character	嫠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	里之切
Baxter	li
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/lɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/lie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨ/
Li Rong	/liə/
Wang Li	/lĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫠
Reading #	1/1
No.	7803
Phonetic component	釐
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	釐
Old Chinese	/*rɯ/

Definitions

嫠

1. widow

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 寡婦 (“widow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		寡, 寡婦, 寡妻, 嫠, 嫠婦, 孀, 孀妻, 孀婦, 遺孀, 孤孀, 孤嫠, 寡嫠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		寡婦, 孤孀
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	寡婦, 半邊人兒, 半邊人
	Taiwan	寡婦
	Ulanhot	寡婦
	Tongliao	寡婦
	Chifeng	寡婦
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	寡婦
	Harbin	寡婦
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	寡婦
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	寡婦兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	寡婦
	Wanrong	寡婦
	Xi'an	寡婦
	Xining	寡婦
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	女寡婦
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	女寡婦
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	寡婦
	Bayanhot	寡婦
	Lanzhou	寡婦
	Ürümqi	寡婦
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	寡母子, 寡母兒, 寡婦
	Wuhan	寡婦
	Guiyang	寡婆, 寡婦
	Guilin	寡婦
	Guanyang	寡婆子
	Liuzhou	寡母婆, 寡婦婆, 寡婦
	Dagudi (Maliba)	寡婦
	Reshuitang (Longling)	寡婦婆
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	老寡婦
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	寡婦
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	寡婦
	Yangzhou	半邊人, 寡婦
	Xinghua	半邊人
	Hefei	寡婦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	寡母婆, 寡婆
	Hong Kong	寡母婆
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	寡婦婆
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	守寡婆
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	守寡婆
	Taishan	寡婆
	Dongguan	守寡婆
	Yangjiang	寡婦婆
	Xinyi	寡母婆
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	寡母婆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	寡母婆
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	寡婦
Gan	Nanchang	寡婦, 半邊人
	Lichuan	寡婦
	Pingxiang	寡婦, 寡婦婆
Hakka	Meixian	寡婦
	Yudu	寡婦婆
	Hong Kong	守寡婆
	Sabah (Longchuan)	寡婦婆
	Senai (Huiyang)	守寡婆
Huizhou	Jixi	寡婦, 寡婦老嫗
Jin	Taiyuan	寡婦
	Xinzhou	寡婦, 守寡哩
	Taibus (Baochang)	寡婦
	Linhe	寡婦
	Jining	寡婦
	Hohhot	寡婦
	Baotou	寡婦
	Dongsheng	寡婦
	Haibowan	寡婦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	守寡嫲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	守寡諸娘儂, 孀居儂, 孀居
Southern Min	Xiamen	守寡儂, 守寡的, 守寡查某
	Quanzhou	守寡儂
	Zhangzhou	守寡儂
	Chaozhou	守寡個
	Shantou	寡婦
	Bangkok (Teochew)	寡婦
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	寡婦
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	寡婦
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	寡婦
	Wenchang	守節
	Haikou	死老公個
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	寡婆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	寡母婆
Wu	Shanghai	孤孀, 寡婦
	Shanghai (Chongming)	寡婦, 單邊人
	Suzhou	孤孀
	Wuxi	寡婦
	Danyang	寡婦
	Hangzhou	寡婦
	Ningbo	孤孀老𡢿, 孤孀
	Wenzhou	守寡老人兒, 守寡老安人, 單邊人
	Jinhua	寡婦
Xiang	Changsha	寡婦
	Loudi	寡婦
	Shuangfeng	單身寡婦, 寡婦

Compounds

• 嫠不恤緯 / 嫠不恤纬
• 嫠人
• 嫠婦 / 嫠妇 (lífù)
• 嫠家
• 嫠居
• 嫠惸
• 嫠憂 / 嫠忧
• 嫠憂宗周 / 嫠忧宗周
• 嫠獨 / 嫠独
• 嫠節 / 嫠节
• 嫠緯 / 嫠纬
• 嫠緯之憂 / 嫠纬之忧
• 嫠輟緯 / 嫠辍纬
• 孀嫠
• 孤嫠 (gūlí)
• 孱嫠
• 寡嫠 (guǎlí)
• 恤嫠
• 恤嫠會 / 恤嫠会
• 惸嫠
• 煢嫠 / 茕嫠
• 窮嫠 / 穷嫠
• 節嫠 / 节嫠
• 貞嫠 / 贞嫠
• 貧嫠 / 贫嫠
• 鰥嫠 / 鳏嫠

Japanese

Kanji

嫠

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. widow

Readings

• On (unclassified): り (ri)
• Kun: やもめ (yamome)

Korean

Hanja

嫠 (eum 리 (ri))

1. a widow

Vietnamese

Han character

嫠: Hán Nôm readings: li

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References

• Nom Foundation