籬

See also: 篱

籬	U+7C6C, 籬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C6C

← 籫
[U+7C6B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

籭 →
[U+7C6D]

Translingual

Han character

籬 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+19, 25 strokes, cangjie input 竹卜月土 (HYBG), four-corner 8841₄, composition ⿱𥫗離)

bamboo or wooden fence
hedge

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 906, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26803
Dae Jaweon: page 1330, character 34
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3034, character 3
Unihan data for U+7C6C

Chinese

trad.		籬
simp.		篱
2nd round simp.		竻
alternative forms		筣

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
謧	reːl, rel
璃	reːl, rel
離	reːls, rel, *rels
縭	*rel
离	rel, r̥ʰel
醨	*rel
樆	*rel
褵	*rel
漓	*rel
黐	rel, r̥ʰel
籬	*rel
灕	*rel
蘺	*rel
攡	*rel
魑	*r̥ʰel
螭	*r̥ʰel
摛	*r̥ʰel

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rel): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 離 (OC *reːls, *rel, *rels)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lí (li²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ / lei^4-1
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lì

(Hailu, HRS): li
Eastern Min (BUC): liè
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): le² / li²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lî

(Teochew, Peng'im): li⁵ / loi⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶li

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)
  - Jyutping: lei⁴ / lei^4-1
  - Yale: lèih / lēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ / lei^4-1
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ / léi^4-1
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹/, /lei̯²¹⁻⁵⁵/

Note: lei4-1 - "sieve".

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lì
  - Hakka Romanization System: li^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li²
  - Sinological IPA: /li¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: li
  - Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: liè
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ie⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: le²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lá̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /le¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: le²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /le²⁴/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: li²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: li²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²⁴/

Note:

le2 - vernacular (as in 籬笆);
li2 - literary (as in 笊籬).

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî
  - Tâi-lô: lî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lii
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /li²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /li²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /li¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /li²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: li⁵ / loi⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lî / lōi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵⁵/, /loi¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶li
  - MiniDict: li^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²³/

Middle Chinese: lje

Rime
Character	籬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	呂支切
Baxter	lje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liə̆/
Li Rong	/lie/
Wang Li	/lǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*rel/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	籬
Reading #	1/1
No.	7790
Phonetic component	离
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	離
Old Chinese	/*rel/

Definitions

籬

fence made of bamboo or branches
used in 笊籬／笊篱 (zhàoli, “strainer”)
(Cantonese) sieve; spider skimmer

Compounds

依人籬下 / 依人篱下
傍人籬壁 / 傍人篱壁
圍籬 / 围篱 (wéilí)
園籬 / 园篱
寄人籬下 / 寄人篱下 (jìrénlíxià)
幕籬 / 幕篱
搶籬 / 抢篱
東籬 / 东篱
樊籬 / 樊篱 (fánlí)
皮笊籬 / 皮笊篱
竹籬 / 竹篱
竹籬茅舍 / 竹篱茅舍
笓籬 / 笓篱
笆籬 / 笆篱 (bālí)
笊籬 / 笊篱 (zhàoli)
笆籬子 / 笆篱子 (bālízi)
籓籬 / 籓篱
籬垣 / 篱垣
籬壁間物 / 篱壁间物
籬笆 / 篱笆
籬落 / 篱落
籬鷃 / 篱𮭨
綠籬 / 绿篱
羊撞籬笆 / 羊撞篱笆
羊觸藩籬 / 羊触藩篱
聽籬察壁 / 听篱察壁
芭籬 / 芭篱
蕃籬之鷃 / 蕃篱之𮭨
藩籬 / 藩篱 (fānlí)
跳籬騙馬 / 跳篱骗马
隔籬 / 隔篱

Japanese

Kanji

籬

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

On (unclassified): り (ri)
Kun: まがき (magaki)、かき (kaki)
Nanori: まがき (magaki)

Compounds

籬鷃(りあん) (rian)
籬下(りか) (rika)
籬落(りらく) (riraku)
槿籬(きんり) (kinri)
荒籬(こうり) (kōri)
牆籬(しょうり) (shōri)
笊籬(そうり) (sōri)
短籬(たんり) (tanri)
竹籬(ちくり) (chikuri)
藩籬(ばんり) (banri)
神籬(ひもろぎ) (himorogi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
籬
まがき Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Noun

籬(まがき) • (magaki)

roughly woven fence
Synonym: 籬 (mase)
(architecture) the lattices in the front ground floor of a brothel

Derived terms

籬貝(マガキガイ) (magakigai)
籬節(まがきぶし) (magakibushi)
大籬(おおまがき) (ōmagaki)
総籬(そうまがき) (sōmagaki)
半籬(はんまがき) (hanmagaki)
夕籬(ゆうまがき) (yūmagaki)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
籬
ませ Hyōgai
irregular

Noun

籬(ませ) • (mase)

a roughly woven fence
(equestrianism) a fence with horizontal bars, used to corral horses
(theater, architecture) the partition between boxes in a traditional kabuki theatre

Derived terms

籬越(ませご)し (masegoshi)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
籬
かき Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 籬 – see the following entry.

【垣かき】S

[noun] [from 712] a fence (wooden object to separate boundaries)

[noun] (by extension from the "fence" meaning) an impediment to an action; an obstacle; a barrier; a fence

[noun] a corridor; also a sliding screen to separate such

[noun] [from 1663] (hapax legomenon) synonym of 垣立 (kakitatsu, “a fence shaped like a railing that forms the upper part of a Japanese ship”)

[noun] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various fences

(This term, 籬, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Derived terms

籬豆(かきまめ) (kakimame)
笊籬(いがき) (igaki)

References

“^▲籬”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

籬 (eum 리 (ri), word-initial (South Korea) 이 (i))

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Vietnamese

Han character

籬: Hán Nôm readings: li