肋

肋

肋 U+808B, 肋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-808B ← 肊 [U+808A] CJK Unified Ideographs 肌 → [U+808C]

肋 U+F953, 肋 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F953 ← 勒 [U+F952] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 凜 → [U+F954]

Translingual

Han character

肋 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 月大尸 (BKS), four-corner 7422₇, composition ⿰⺼力)

Derived characters

• 荕 筋

References

• KangXi: page 973, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29239
• Dae Jaweon: page 1424, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2043, character 10
• Unihan data for U+808B
• Unihan data for U+F953

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Chinese

trad.		肋
simp. #		肋

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 肋
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
勒	*rɯːɡ
肋	*rɯːɡ
扐	*rɯːɡ
仂	*rɯːɡ, *rɯɡ
艻	*rɯːɡ
朸	*rɯːɡ, *rɯɡ
玏	*rɯːɡ
泐	*rɯːɡ, *rɯɡ
阞	*rɯːɡ
竻	*rɯːɡ
力	*rɯɡ
屴	*rɯɡ
鳨	*rɯɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lèi, lè

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˋ, ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lak⁶, laak⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): le̍k / lia̍k / liak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lêg⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lèi
    • Wade–Giles: lei⁴
    • Yale: lèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ley
    • Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lè
    • Wade–Giles: lê⁴
    • Yale: lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leh
    • Palladius: лэ (lɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lak⁶, laak⁶
    • Yale: lahk, laahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lak⁹, laak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: leg⁶, lag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐk̚²/, /laːk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lek
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liak
    • Tâi-lô: liak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚⁵/

Note:

• Quanzhou:
  • liak - colloquial variant.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lêg⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: le̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lek̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /lək̚/

Rime
Character	肋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	登 (131)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧則切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lək̚/
Li Rong	/lək̚/
Wang Li	/lək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/lək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lak6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	肋
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lèi
Middle Chinese	‹ lok ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁək/
English	rib
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	肋
Reading #	1/1
No.	7845
Phonetic component	力
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	勒
Old Chinese	/*rɯːɡ/

Definitions

肋

1. rib

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 肋骨 (“rib”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		肋, 脅
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		肋骨
Mandarin	Beijing	肋巴骨, 肋搭骨, 肋條骨
	Taiwan	肋骨
	Ulanhot	肋條骨
	Tongliao	肋條骨
	Chifeng	肋骨
	Bayanhot	肋巴
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	肋條骨
	Harbin	肋巴骨, 肋骨, 肋巴扇子, 肋巴
	Yantai (Muping)	肋巴
	Qingdao	肋巴條子, 肋巴骨
	Jinan	肋條骨, 肋條
	Luoyang	肋巴
	Wanrong	肋肢
	Xi'an	肋子骨
	Yinchuan	肋巴
	Lanzhou	肋巴
	Xining	肋巴骨, 肋巴
	Ürümqi	肋巴骨
	Wuhan	婆羅骨, 排子骨
	Huanggang	排盧骨
	Chengdu	肋巴骨
	Guiyang	肋巴骨
	Liuzhou	肋巴骨, 肋𩩍骨
	Xuzhou	肋巴骨
	Yangzhou	肋身骨, 肋巴骨, 肋骨
	Nanjing	肋幫骨
	Nantong	肋膀骨, 肋身骨
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	肋巴骨, 胸杈子
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	肋子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	肋骨, 𩩍骨
	Hong Kong	肋骨, 𩩍骨
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	𩩍骨
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	肋赤骨
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	間仔骨
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	肋耕骨
	Macau	肋骨
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	肋骨
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	掩𩩍骨
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	心口骨
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	肋骨
	Foshan	肋骨
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	𩩍骨
	Foshan (Shunde)	肋骨
	Foshan (Sanshui)	𩩍骨
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	𩩍骨
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	肋骨
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	肋骨
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	肋骨
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	肋骨
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	肋骨
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	肋骨
	Taishan	掩仔骨
	Kaiping (Chikan)	掩仔骨
	Enping (Niujiang)	𩩍仔骨
	Heshan (Yayao)	肋骨
	Dongguan	肋坑骨, 肋骨
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	肋耕
	Shaoguan	肋骨
	Yunfu	𩩍骨
	Xinyi	肋骨
	Lianjiang	肋骨
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	排骨
Gan	Nanchang	肋巴骨
	Lichuan	排扇骨
	Pingxiang	肋塞骨, 肋塞
Hakka	Meixian	掩跛骨, 胸前骨, 肋骨
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	肋耕仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	肋耕仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	肋耕仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鹽雞骨
	Conghua (Lütian)	掩耕骨
	Changting	肋骨
	Wuping	營坑骨
	Liancheng	演枉骨
	Ninghua	排生骨
	Yudu	排山骨
	Shicheng	排骨
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𩩍籬骨
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	𩩍籬骨
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	𩩍籬骨
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	𩩍籬骨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	𩩍琵骨
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	排子骨
	Hong Kong	肋梗仔
Huizhou	Jixi	肋血骨
Jin	Taiyuan	肋羅齒
	Xinzhou	肋肢
	Taibus (Baochang)	肋肢
	Linhe	肋肢
	Jining	肋骨
	Hohhot	肋子
	Baotou	肋骨
	Dongsheng	肋肢
	Haibowan	肋條
Min Bei	Jian'ou	排比骨
Min Dong	Fuzhou	肋條骨, 肋排骨
	Changle	肋排骨
	Fuqing	肋條骨
	Yongtai	肋排骨
	Gutian	肋排骨
	Fu'an	排骨
	Ningde	排骨
	Shouning	排骨
	Zhouning	脅邊
	Fuding	肋排骨
Min Nan	Xiamen	胸坎骨, 𩩍枝骨, 排骨
	Quanzhou	胸坎骨, 𩩍枝骨, 排骨
	Zhangzhou	胸坎骨, 籤仔骨, 排骨
	Kaohsiung	箅仔骨
	Yilan	排仔骨
	Changhua (Lukang)	排仔骨
	Taichung	排仔骨
	Taichung (Wuqi)	排仔骨
	Tainan	箅仔骨
	Taitung	排仔骨
	Hsinchu	排仔骨
	Penghu (Magong)	箅仔骨
	Penang (Hokkien)	胸坎骨
	Singapore (Hokkien)	胸坎骨
	Manila (Hokkien)	排骨, 胸坎骨, 𩩍枝骨
	Shantou	肋骨, 𩩍籬骨
	Jieyang	𩩍籬骨, 𩩍籬
	Haifeng	𩩍籬
	Bangkok (Teochew)	𩩍籬骨
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	𩩍籬骨
	Leizhou	索條骨
	Wenchang	肋骨
	Haikou	胸程骨, 胸格骨
Puxian Min	Putian	𩩍骨
	Xianyou	𩩍骨
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	𩩍條骨
Wu	Shanghai	肋棚骨
	Shanghai (Chongming)	肋棚骨
	Suzhou	肋棚骨
	Wuxi	肚棚骨
	Danyang	肋排骨, 肋骨
	Hangzhou	肋棚骨
	Ningbo	肋排骨
	Wenzhou	肚棚骨
	Jinhua	皮子骨
Xiang	Changsha	肋巴骨, 排肋骨

Compounds

粗肋草 (cūlècǎo) 肋筋 肋膜 肋膜炎 肋部

肋骨 (lèigǔ) 味如雞肋／味如鸡肋 肋巴扇兒／肋巴扇儿 肋條／肋条 (lèitiáo) 肋窩／肋窝

肋間肌／肋间肌 (lèjiānjī) 肋骨舉肌／肋骨举肌 銅筋鐵肋／铜筋铁肋 雞肋／鸡肋 (jīlèi) 雞肋尊拳／鸡肋尊拳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lē (le¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lē
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: le
    • Wade–Giles: lê¹
    • Yale: lē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhe
    • Palladius: лэ (lɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵⁵/

Definitions

肋

1. Only used in 肋脦 (lēte).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 肋 – see 筋 (“tendon; sinew; muscle; etc.”). (This character, 肋, is a variant form of 筋.)

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Japanese

Kanji

肋

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. rib

Readings

• Go-on: ろく (roku)
• Kan-on: ろく (roku)
• Kun: あばら (abara, 肋); ばら (bara, 肋)

Compounds

Compounds

• 肋間(ろっかん) (rokkan): intercostal
• 肋間神経(ろっかんしんけい) (rokkan shinkei): intercostal nerves
• 肋間神経痛(ろっかんしんけいつう) (rokkan shinkeitsū): intercostal neuralgia
• 肋筋(あばらきん) (abarakin): in reinforced concrete, the box-shaped rebar connecting the main vertical support rebar: the ribs of the structure
• 肋骨(ろっこつ) (rokkotsu): あばらぼね, abarabone: rib, costa
• 肋材(ろくざい) (rokuzai): the ribs of a ship, extending upwards from the keel to the gunwale and supporting the hull
• 肋軟骨(ろくなんこつ) (rokunankotsu): the costal cartilage connecting the ribs and the sternum
• 肋肉(ばらにく) (baraniku): rib meat, generally beef or pork
• 肋板(ろくばん) (rokuban): a turtle's plastron; a thwart: a steel plate or similar support running from port to starboard between the ribs of a ship to strengthen the hull
• 肋膜(ろくまく) (rokumaku): the pleura
• 肋膜炎(ろくまくえん) (rokumakuen): pleurisy, pleuritis
• 肋木(ろくぼく) (rokuboku) wall bars, a kind of exercise equipment

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
肋
あばら Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

By extension from 荒, 荒ら (abara), "loosely spaced with sizable gaps", itself possibly related to the root ばら (bara), "scattered".

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) あばら [àbárá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ba̠ɾa̠]

Noun

肋(あばら) • (abara) 

1. short for 肋骨 (abarabone): rib (body part)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
肋
ばら Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Shortened from あばら (abara).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) ば​ら [báꜜrà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ba̠ɾa̠]

Noun

肋(ばら) • (bara) 

1. short for 肋肉 (baraniku): rib (meat, generally beef or pork)

Usage notes

This word is more often spelled in hiragana as ばら or in katakana as バラ.

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 肋 (MC lək̚). Recorded as Middle Korean 륵〮 (lúk) (Yale: luk) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource肋 (eumhun 갈비 륵 (galbi reuk), South Korea 갈비 늑 (galbi neuk))

1. Hanja form^? of 륵/늑 (“rib”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 늑목 (肋木, neungmok)
• 늑골 (肋骨, neukgol)
• 늑막 (肋膜, neungmak)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

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Vietnamese

Han character

肋: Hán Nôm readings: lặc

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