膂

膂 U+8182, 膂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8182 ← 膁 [U+8181] CJK Unified Ideographs 膃 → [U+8183]

Translingual

Han character

膂 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 難卜女月 (XYVB) or 卜女月 (YVB), four-corner 0822₇, composition ⿱旅月)

1. backbone, spinal column

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 990, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29755
• Dae Jaweon: page 1443, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2104, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8182

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 膂 – see 呂 (“spine”). (This character is a variant form of 呂).

Etymology 2

trad.		膂
simp. #		膂
2nd round simp.		吕
alternative forms		呂／吕 膐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǚ (lü³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵ / leoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lü³
    • Yale: lyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leu
    • Palladius: люй (ljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: leoi⁵ / leoi³
    • Yale: léuih / leui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵ / loey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵ / lêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³/, /lɵy̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: ljoX

Rime
Character	膂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力舉切
Baxter	ljoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/liɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/liɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/liɔX/
Wang Li	/lĭoX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǚ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	膂
Reading #	1/1
No.	8601
Phonetic component	旅
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	吕
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·raʔ/
Notes	說文同呂

Definitions

膂

1. backbone; spinal column

Compounds

• 膂力 (lǚlì)

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 膂

膂

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. backbone

Readings

• Go-on: ろ (ro)
• Kan-on: りょ (ryo)
• Kun: せぼね (sebone)、ちから (chikara)、になう (ninau)

Compounds

• 膂宍(そしし) (soshishi)
• 膂(りょ)力(りょく) (ryoryoku)
• 心(しん)膂(りょ) (shinryo)
• 背(はい)膂(りょ) (hairyo)

Korean

Hanja

膂 (eumhun 등골뼈 려 (deunggolppyeo ryeo), word-initial (South Korea) 등골뼈 여 (deunggolppyeo yeo))

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Compounds

• 여력 (膂力, yeoryeok)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.