粒
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Translingual
Han character
粒 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火木卜廿 (FDYT), four-corner 90918, composition ⿰米立)
Derived characters
- 𨅀, 𩻑
References
- KangXi: page 907, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26884
- Dae Jaweon: page 1333, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3145, character 12
- Unihan data for U+7C92
- Unihan data for U+F9F9
Chinese
trad. | 粒 | |
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simp. # | 粒 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 粒 |
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Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
Small seal script |
Characters in the same phonetic series (立) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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涖 | *rɯːbs, *rɯbs |
莅 | *rɯbs, *rɯbs |
蒞 | *rɯbs |
位 | *ɢʷrɯbs |
拉 | *ruːb |
菈 | *ruːb |
颯 | *sluːb |
立 | *rɯb |
粒 | *rɯb |
笠 | *ɡ·rɯb |
砬 | *rɯb |
岦 | *rɯb |
苙 | *ɡ·rɯb, *ɡrɯb |
鴗 | *rɯb |
雴 | *r̥ʰɯb |
泣 | *kʰrɯb |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *rɯb) : semantic 米 (“rice”) + phonetic 立 (OC *rɯb).
Pronunciation
Definitions
粒
- grain
- 誰知盤中餐,粒粒皆辛苦? [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Tang Dynasty, 李紳 [Li Shen], 憫農 [Pitying the Farmer]
- Shéi zhī pán zhōng cān, lì lì jiē xīnkǔ? [Pinyin]
- Who is aware that every grain of the meal in the plate is of toil?
谁知盘中餐,粒粒皆辛苦? [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- small particle
- Classifier for small, round objects: granule, grain, particle, piece ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- 一粒米 ― yī lì mǐ ― a grain of rice
- 一粒糖 [Cantonese] ― jat1 lap1 tong4-2 [Jyutping] ― a piece of candy
- (Hokkien, Min Dong, Singapore and Malaysia Mandarin) Classifier for round, solid objects.
- 一粒西瓜 ― yī lì xīguā ― a watermelon
- 故鄉彼粒山 永遠徛佇遐 毋知幾冬 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
- From: 2018, 許富凱 and 蔡佳麟 (lyricist 徐偉銘), 《疼憨人》
- kò͘-hiong hit lia̍p soaⁿ, éng-oán khiā tī hia, m̄ chai kúi tang [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- The mountain in my hometown stands there forever, for who knows how many years.
故乡彼粒山 永远徛伫遐 毋知几冬 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
- (Cantonese, slang) Classifier for money: ten thousand yuan, dollars, etc.
- Synonym: 個/个
Compounds
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References
- “粒”, 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–
- “Entry #7738”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
粒
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- grains
- drop
- counter for tiny particles
Readings
- Go-on: りゅう (ryū, Jōyō)←りふ (rifu, historical)
- Kan-on: りゅう (ryū, Jōyō)←りふ (rifu, historical)
- Kun: つぶ (tsubu, 粒, Jōyō)
Compounds
- 粒子 (ryūshi)
Noun
粒 • (tsubu)
- grain, bead, drop
Counter
粒 • (-tsubu)
- counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 粒 (MC liɪp̚). Recorded as Middle Korean 립〮 (líp) (Yale: lip) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource粒 (eumhun 알 립 (al rip), South Korea 알 입 (al ip))
- Hanja form? of 립/입 (“grain”).
Compounds
Compounds
- 입자 (粒子, ipja, “particle”)
- 과립 (顆粒, gwarip, “granule”)
- 미립자 (微粒子, miripja, “corpuscle”)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
粒: Hán Nôm readings: lạp, lép
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References
- Nom Foundation