笠

笠 U+7B20, 笠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B20 ← 笟 [U+7B1F] CJK Unified Ideographs 笡 → [U+7B21]

笠 U+F9F8, 笠 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9F8 ← 立 [U+F9F7] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 粒 → [U+F9F9]

Translingual

Han character

笠 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹卜廿 (HYT), four-corner 8810₈, composition ⿱𥫗立)

Derived characters

• 𰈤, 𱠭, 𰜺, 𣙫, 𥼕, 𨅁, 𬬂, 𩻒, 𡓆, 𩀩, 鷑, 𱊢, 𥱆

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 880, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25924
• Dae Jaweon: page 1308, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2959, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7B20

• Unihan data for U+F9F8

Chinese

trad.		笠
simp. #		笠

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 笠
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
涖	*rɯːbs, *rɯbs
莅	*rɯbs, *rɯbs
蒞	*rɯbs
位	*ɢʷrɯbs
拉	*ruːb
菈	*ruːb
颯	*sluːb
立	*rɯb
粒	*rɯb
笠	*ɡ·rɯb
砬	*rɯb
岦	*rɯb
苙	*ɡ·rɯb, *ɡrɯb
鴗	*rɯb
雴	*r̥ʰɯb
泣	*kʰrɯb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡ·rɯb): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 立 (OC *rɯb).

Etymology 1

Compare Proto-Tai *klɤpᴰ (“bamboo hat”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ni²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lap¹ / lap⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lap²

• Gan (Wiktionary): lit⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lip

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lêb⁵

• Jin (Wiktionary): lieh⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): sā̤ / lĭ
• Eastern Min (BUC): lĭk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): loe̍h / le̍h / lēre / li̍p

  (Teochew, Peng'im): loih⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸liq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): li⁴

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• 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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ni²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: li
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lap¹ / lap⁶
    • Yale: lāp / lahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lap⁷ / lap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: leb¹ / leb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐp̚⁵/, /lɐp̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lap²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lap̚⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: lit⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lit̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lip
    • Hakka Romanization System: lib^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lib⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /lip̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lêb⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /lɛp̚¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: lieh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /liəʔ²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sā̤ / lĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ⁵⁵/, /li²⁴/

Note:

• sā̤ - vernacular;
• lĭ - literary.

• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lĭk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃iʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: lue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loeh
    • IPA (Kinmen): /lueʔ⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /lueʔ³⁵/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lueʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lueʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍h
    • Tâi-lô: le̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leh
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Tainan): /leʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Yilan): /leʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /leʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lēre
    • Tâi-lô: lerē
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍p
    • Tâi-lô: li̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lip
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lip̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lip̚²⁴/
Note:
• loe̍h/le̍h/lēre - vernacular;
• li̍p - literary.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: loih⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍ih
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loiʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸liq
    • MiniDict: lih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵liq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɪʔ¹²/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: li⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: lip

Rime
Character	笠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	緝 (141)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力入切
Baxter	lip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ljep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lip̚/
Li Rong	/liəp̚/
Wang Li	/lĭĕp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lap6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k.rəp/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·rɯb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	笠
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lì
Middle Chinese	‹ lip ›
Old Chinese	/*k.rəp/
English	bamboo-splint hat
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	笠
Reading #	1/1
No.	7871
Phonetic component	立
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	立
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·rɯb/

Definitions

笠

1. Asian conical hat

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 斗笠 (“Asian conical hat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		斗笠
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	斗笠
	Harbin	斗笠
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	斗笠
	Xuzhou	斗笠
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	斗篷
	Wuhan	斗笠
	Guiyang	斗篷
	Liuzhou	笠帽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	斗篷
	Yangzhou	斗篷
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	斗篷
Cantonese	Guangzhou	竹帽
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	斗笠
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	竹帽
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	笠嫲
	Dongguan	笠帽
Gan	Nanchang	斗笠
	Lichuan	斗笠, 笠
	Pingxiang	笠斗, 斗笠
Hakka	Meixian	笠嫲, 竹笠
	Xingning	笠嫲
	Huidong (Daling)	笠嫲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	笠嫲
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	笠嫲
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	笠嫲
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	笠嫲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	笠嫲
	Wuhua (Changbu)	笠嫲
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	笠嫲
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	竹帽
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	笠嫲
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	笠嫲
	Jiexi	笠嫲
	Changting	笠嫲, 斗笠
	Wuping	笠嫲
	Wuping (Pingyu)	笠嫲
	Liancheng	笠嫲
	Ninghua	笠嫲
	Yudu	斗笠
	Ruijin	笠婆
	Shicheng	笠嫲
	Shangyou (Shexi)	斗笠
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	笠嫲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	笠嫲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	笠嫲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	笠嫲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	笠婆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	笠婆
	Hong Kong	笠嫲
	Luchuan	笠嫲
	Sabah (Longchuan)	笠嫲
	Singkawang	笠嫲
Huizhou	Jixi	陽笠
	Shexian	箬笠
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	箬笠
	Xiuning	箬笠
	Yixian	箬笠
	Qimen	箬笠
	Wuyuan	箬笠, 頂笠
Northern Min	Jian'ou	箬笠
	Pucheng (Shibei)	箬笠
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	斗笠
	Fuzhou (Changle)	斗笠
	Fuqing	斗笠
	Yongtai	斗笠
	Gutian	斗笠
	Fu'an	笠斗
	Ningde	笠斗
	Shouning	笠斗
	Zhouning	笠斗
	Fuding	笠斗
	Matsu	斗笠
Southern Min	Xiamen	笠仔, 笠, 雨笠 against rain
	Quanzhou	笠仔, 笠, 大笠 against rain
	Yongchun	笠
	Zhangzhou	笠仔, 笠, 大笠 against rain
	Taipei	笠仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	笠仔
	Kaohsiung	瓜笠仔
	Yilan	雨笠, 笠仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	大笠, 笠仔, 箬笠仔
	Taichung	瓜笠仔
	Tainan	草笠仔, 瓜笠仔
	Hsinchu	草笠仔
	Kinmen	笠仔
	Penghu (Magong)	笠仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	笠仔
	Longyan	笠嫲
	Datian	笠
	Chaozhou	葵笠
	Shantou	葵笠
	Shantou (Chenghai)	葵笠
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	葵笠
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	葵笠
	Jieyang	葵笠
	Haifeng	果笠
	Bangkok (Teochew)	葵笠
	Wenchang	笠
	Haikou	笠
Central Min	Yong'an	笠
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	笠
	Sanming (Shaxian)	笠
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	笠
Shehua	Fu'an	笠斗
	Fuding	笠斗
	Luoyuan	笠斗
	Sanming	笠斗
	Shunchang	笠斗
	Hua'an	笠斗
	Guixi (Zhangping)	笠斗
	Cangnan	笠斗
	Jingning (Hexi)	笠斗
	Lishui	笠斗
	Longyou	笠斗
	Chaozhou	笠斗
	Fengshun	笠斗
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	斗笠子
Wu	Hangzhou	箬帽, 箬殼帽兒
	Wenzhou	箬笠
Xiang	Changsha	斗笠, 斗篷
	Loudi	斗笠

Compounds

• 三笠 (Sānlì)
• 乘車戴笠 / 乘车戴笠
• 大笠 (Hokkien)
• 床笠 (chuánglì)
• 戴笠
• 戴笠荷鋤 / 戴笠荷锄
• 斗笠 (dǒulì)
• 曲柄笠
• 月戴笠 (Hokkien)
• 朝鮮笠 / 朝鲜笠 (cháoxiǎnlì)
• 氈笠 / 毡笠 (zhānlì)
• 煙蓑雨笠 / 烟蓑雨笠
• 瓜笠仔
• 竹笠 (zhúlì)
• 笠嫲
• 笠子
• 笠岡 / 笠冈 (Lìgāng)
• 笠帽 (lìmào)
• 笠間 / 笠间 (Lìjiān)
• 箬笠 (ruòlì)
• 篛笠 / 箬笠
• 籉笠
• 蓑笠 (suōlì)
• 車笠之盟 / 车笠之盟
• 雨笠 (Hokkien)
• 黑笠 (hēilì)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lap¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lap¹
    • Yale: lāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: leb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐp̚⁵/

Definitions

笠

1. (Cantonese, Nanning Pinghua, Leizhou Min) basket (made from interwoven bamboo strips)
2. (Cantonese, Leizhou Min) to cover (with); to slip on

   笠頂帽上個頭 [Cantonese, trad.]
   笠顶帽上个头 [Cantonese, simp.]

   lap¹ deng² mou^6-2 soeng⁵ go³ tau⁴ [Jyutping]

   to put a hat on one's head

3. (Cantonese) to flatter; to fool

Compounds

• 執笠 / 执笠
• 床笠 (chuánglì)
• 牛記笠記 / 牛记笠记
• 狗笠
• 笠水
• 笠衫
• 笠記 / 笠记
• 笠高帽
• 過頭笠 / 过头笠
• 鳩笠 / 鸠笠