酹

酹 U+9179, 酹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9179 ← 酸 [U+9178] CJK Unified Ideographs 酺 → [U+917A]

Translingual

Han character

酹 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一田月木戈 (MWBDI), four-corner 1264₃, composition ⿰酉寽)

1. to pour out a libation
2. to sprinkle

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1283, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39872
• Dae Jaweon: page 1783, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3584, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9179

Chinese

trad.		酹
simp. #		酹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
酹	*roːds, *ruːls
脟	*ronʔ, *rod
捋	*roːd
蛶	*roːd, *rod
埒	*rod
鋝	*rod, *srod
浖	*rod
哷	*rod
寽	*rud

Etymology

Attested somewhat late, in Eastern Han period (25-220 CE). According to Schuessler (2007), from Tai; compare Thai รด (rót, “to water, to pour, to spill; to sprinkle (as in certain ceremonies)”) and กรวด (grùuat, “to pour ceremonial water.”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lèi (lei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laai⁶ / lyut³ / leoi⁶ / loi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lèi
    • Wade–Giles: lei⁴
    • Yale: lèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ley
    • Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: laai⁶ / lyut³ / leoi⁶ / loi⁶
    • Yale: laaih / lyut / leuih / loih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laai⁶ / lyt⁸ / loey⁶ / loi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lai⁶ / lüd³ / lêu⁶ / loi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːi̯²²/, /lyːt̚³/, /lɵy̯²²/, /lɔːi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: lwajH, lwojH

Rime
Character	酹	酹
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	泰 (26)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	郎外切	盧對切
Baxter	lwajH	lwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luɑiH/	/luʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷɑiH/	/luoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/luɑiH/	/luɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwajH/	/lwəjH/
Li Rong	/luɑiH/	/luᴀiH/
Wang Li	/luɑiH/	/luɒiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/luɑiH/	/luɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lèi	lèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi6	leoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*roːds/, /*ruːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	酹	酹
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8586	8587
Phonetic component	寽	寽
Rime group	祭	微
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	酹	纇
Old Chinese	/*roːds/	/*ruːls/

Definitions

酹

1. to pour out a libation (usually alcohol) on the ground

   • 上自酹祭宗廟。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     上自酹祭宗庙。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 200 CE,《前漢紀》Annals of the Former Han, by 荀悅 Xun Yue

     Shàng zì lèi jì zōngmiào. [Pinyin]

     The Emperor himself poured out libations to make offerings in the ancestral temple.

   • 1082, 蘇軾 (Su Shi), 念奴嬌·赤壁懷古 (Nian Nu Jiao: Reminiscence of Red Cliffs):

     人間如夢，一尊還酹江月。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     人间如梦，一尊还酹江月。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Rénjiān rú mèng, yī zūn huán lèi jiāng yuè. [Pinyin]

     Life is like a dream. Allow me to libate a drink of alcohol to the river, the moon and its reflection.

Compounds

• 奠酹
• 薦酹 / 荐酹

References

• “酹”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

酹

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): らい (rai)、るい (rui)、らつ (ratsu)、らち (rachi)
• Kun: そそぐ (sosogu)

Korean

Hanja

酹 • (roe>noe) (hangeul 뢰>뇌, revised roe>noe, McCune–Reischauer roe>noe, Yale loy>noy)

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