藜

藜	U+85DC, 藜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85DC

← 藛
[U+85DB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

藝 →
[U+85DD]

Translingual

Han character

藜 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹竹水 (THHE), four-corner 4413₂, composition ⿱艹黎)

fat hen (Chenopodium album)

Derived characters

𧅏

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1065, character 30
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32326
Dae Jaweon: page 1530, character 21
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3320, character 4
Unihan data for U+85DC

Chinese

trad.		藜
simp. ^#		藜

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
犁	riːl, ril
黎	*riːl
莉	riːl, r'il, *r'i
黧	*riːl
鯬	riːl, ril
筣	riːl, ri
蔾	riːl, ril
藜	*riːl
邌	*riːl
瓈	*riːl
鵹	*rel
棃	*ril
梨	*ril
蟍	*ril
蜊	*ril
鑗	*ril
利	*rids
痢	*rids
浰	*riːns

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lí (li²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁴ / lei⁴

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: lai⁴ / lei⁴
  - Yale: làih / lèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁴ / lei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lei⁴ / léi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²¹/, /lei̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: lej

Rime
Character	藜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎奚切
Baxter	lej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lei/
Pan Wuyun	/lei/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛj/
Li Rong	/lei/
Wang Li	/liei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/liei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lai⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*riːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	藜
Reading #	1/1
No.	7886
Phonetic component	利
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	黎
Old Chinese	/*riːl/

Definitions

藜

goosefoot
a surname, Li

Compounds

杖藜
蒸藜
蒸藜出妻
燃藜
羹藜唅糗
花藜胡哨 (huālihúshào)
蒺藜 (jílí)
藜床
藜暴
藜杖 (lízhàng)
藜羹
藜蕨
藜蘆 / 藜芦
藜藿 (líhuò)
藜藿不採 / 藜藿不采
配藜
鐵蒺藜 / 铁蒺藜

References

“藜”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

藜

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): れい (rei)、らい (rai)
Kun: あかざ (akaza)

Compounds

藜藿(れいかく) (reikaku)
藜羹(れいこう) (reikō)
藜杖(れいじょう) (reijō)
藜藋(れいじょう) (reijō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
藜
あかざ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

The first part /aka/ means 赤(あか) (aka, “red”), named for it's surface of young leaves covered with magenta coloured powdery hair. Meaning of the later part /za/ is unascertained. Compare 白藜(しろざ) (shiroza, “Chenopodium album”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あかざ [àkázá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [a̠ka̠za̠]

Noun

藜(あかざ) or 藜(アカザ) • (akaza)

Chenopodium album var. centrorubrum; a red variety of white goosefoot
Synonyms: 赤藜 (aka-akaza), 大藜 (ōakaza), 藜藋 (reijō)

Derived terms

藜海老(アカザエビ) (akazaebi)
アカザ科(カ) (akazaka)
赤藜(あかあかざ) (akākaza)
裏白藜(ウラジロアカザ) (urajiroakaza)
大藜(おおあかざ) (ōakaza)
河原藜(カワラアカザ) (kawarākaza)
小藜(コアカザ) (koakaza)
白藜(しろあかざ) (shiroakaza, “white goosefoot (Chenopodium album)”)
浜藜(ハマアカザ) (hamākaza)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“^▲藜”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

藜 (eumhun 명아주 려 (myeong'aju ryeo), word-initial (South Korea) 명아주 여 (myeong'aju yeo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

藜: Hán Nôm readings: lê

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[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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