儷

See also: 俪

儷 U+5137, 儷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5137 ← 儶 [U+5136] CJK Unified Ideographs 儸 → [U+5138]

Translingual

Han character

儷 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+19, 21 strokes, cangjie input 人一一心 (OMMP), four-corner 2121₁, composition ⿰亻麗)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 121, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1311
• Dae Jaweon: page 256, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 238, character 18
• Unihan data for U+5137

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 儷
Small seal script s05816 Transcribed ancient scripts L02321
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
灑	*sreːlʔ, *sreːlʔ, *srelʔ, *srels
籭	*sreːl, *srel
躧	*sreːlʔ, *srelʔ
曬	*sreːls, *srels
廲	*reːl
驪	*reːl, *rel
鱺	*reːlʔ
欐	*reːlʔ, *reːls, *srel
丽	*reːls
麗	*reːls, *rel
儷	*reːls
鸝	*rel
酈	*rel, *reːɡ
孋	*rel
矖	*rel, *srelʔ
穲	*rel
邐	*relʔ
彲	*r̥ʰel
釃	*srel, *srelʔ, *sra
襹	*srel, *srels
纚	*srelʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːls) : semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 麗 (OC *reːls, *rel).

Etymology 1

trad.		儷
simp.		俪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lē / lî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lì
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴
    • Yale: lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lai⁶
    • Yale: laih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē / lî
    • Tâi-lô: lē / lî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: le, lii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /le²²/, /li²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁴¹/, /li²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /le²²/, /li¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /le³³/, /li²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /le³³/, /li²³/

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• Middle Chinese: lejH

Rime
Character	儷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎計切
Baxter	lejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leiH/
Pan Wuyun	/leiH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjH/
Li Rong	/leiH/
Wang Li	/lieiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儷
Reading #	1/1
No.	7915
Phonetic component	丽
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	麗
Old Chinese	/*reːls/

Definitions

儷

1. married couple
2. (poetry) of a couplet

Compounds

• 伉儷／伉俪 (kànglì)
• 作儷／作俪
• 倚儷／倚俪
• 偶儷／偶俪
• 儔儷／俦俪 (chóulì)
• 儷事／俪事
• 儷人／俪人
• 儷偕／俪偕
• 儷偶／俪偶
• 儷劄／俪劄
• 儷句／俪句
• 儷對／俪对
• 儷巧／俪巧
• 儷影／俪影
• 儷影雙雙／俪影双双
• 儷曲／俪曲
• 儷然／俪然
• 儷皮／俪皮
• 儷祉／俪祉
• 儷裁／俪裁
• 儷語／俪语
• 儷走／俪走
• 儷辭／俪辞
• 儷采
• 儷鑒／俪鉴
• 儷陳／俪陈
• 儷體／俪体
• 升儷
• 參儷／参俪
• 四六駢儷／四六骈俪
• 失儷／失俪
• 嬪儷／嫔俪
• 棽儷／棽俪
• 榮諧伉儷／荣谐伉俪
• 淑儷／淑俪
• 相儷／相俪
• 罕儷／罕俪
• 耦儷／耦俪
• 諧儷／谐俪
• 賢伉儷／贤伉俪
• 配儷／配俪
• 駢儷／骈俪
• 駢四儷六／骈四俪六 (piánsìlìliù)
• 駢枝儷葉／骈枝俪叶
• 魚儷／鱼俪
• 鮮儷／鲜俪

 

Etymology 2

trad.		儷
simp.		俪
alternative forms		㑚 囇 僅／仅

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): nâ

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡɑ²⁴²/

Definitions

儷

1. (Eastern Min) only

   伊儷食菜，伓食肉。 [Eastern Min, trad.]
   伊俪食菜，伓食肉。 [Eastern Min, simp.]

   Ĭ nâ siăh>siĕh chái, n̂g-siăh>siĕh nṳ̆k. / [i⁵⁵ nˡɑ²⁴² sieʔ⁵ t͡sʰɑi²¹³ ^(ŋ̍-)n̩²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)nieʔ⁵ nˡyʔ⁵] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]

   He only eats vegetables, and does not eat meat.

Japanese

Kanji

儷

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. companion

Readings

• On (unclassified): れい (rei)
• Kun: つれあい (tsureai)、ならぶ (narabu)

Korean

Hanja

儷 (eum 려 (ryeo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

儷: Hán Nôm readings: lệ

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References

• Nom Foundation