虆

See also: 蔂

虆 U+8646, 虆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8646 ← 虅 [U+8645] CJK Unified Ideographs 虇 → [U+8647]

Translingual

Han character

虆 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+21, 27 strokes, cangjie input 廿田田火 (TWWF), four-corner 4490₃, composition ⿱艹纍)

1. entwine
2. basket for carrying dirt

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1072, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32630
• Dae Jaweon: page 1538, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3338, character 19
• Unihan data for U+8646

Chinese

trad.		虆
simp.		蔂

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
摞	*roːl, *roːls
騾	*roːl
螺	*roːl
蔂	*roːl, *rul
虆	*roːl, *rul
瘰	*roːlʔ
礌	*ruːl, *ruːls
雷	*ruːl
擂	*ruːl, *ruːls
攂	*ruːl, *ruːls
礧	*ruːll, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls
儡	*ruːl, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls
瓃	*ruːl, *rul, *ruls
櫑	*ruːl, *ruːlʔ
鑘	*ruːl, *ruːlʔ
鐳	*ruːl
畾	*ruːl
轠	*ruːl, *rulʔ
罍	*ruːl
蕾	*ruːlʔ
癗	*ruːlʔ
磥	*ruːlʔ
累	*ruːls, *rolʔ, *rols
儽	*ruːls, *rul
樏	*rolʔ, *rul
鸓	*rul, *rulʔ
嫘	*rul
纍	*rul, *ruls
欙	*rul
纝	*rul
壘	*rulʔ
櫐	*rulʔ
蘽	*rulʔ
藟	*rulʔ
讄	*rulʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léi (lei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: léi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léi
    • Wade–Giles: lei²
    • Yale: léi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lei
    • Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴
    • Yale: lèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lwij

Rime
Character	虆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力追切
Baxter	lwij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷi/
Shao Rongfen	/ljuɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwi/
Li Rong	/lui/
Wang Li	/lwi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lwi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	léi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*roːl/, /*rul/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	虆	虆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7703	7742
Phonetic component	畾	畾
Rime group	歌	微
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	𩼊	㶟
Old Chinese	/*roːl/	/*rul/
Notes	又作虆	同櫐

Definitions

虆

1. creeper
2. rambler

Compounds

• 蓬虆 (péngléi)

Japanese

Kanji

虆

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. alternative form of 蔂

Readings

• Go-on: るい (rui)^{←るい (rui, historical)←るゐ (rwi, ancient)}
• Kan-on: るい (rui)^{←るい (rui, historical)←るゐ (rwi, ancient)}
• Kun: かずら (kazura, 虆)^{←かづら (kadura, 虆, historical)}

Vietnamese

Han character

虆: Hán Nôm readings: lũy/luỹ

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