蠣

See also: 蛎

蠣	U+8823, 蠣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8823

← 蠢
[U+8822]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蠤 →
[U+8824]

Translingual

Han character

蠣 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一廿月 (LIMTB), four-corner 5112₇, composition ⿰虫厲)

References

KangXi: page 1102, character 2

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33799

Dae Jaweon: page 1565, character 17

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2900, character 1

Unihan data for U+8823

Chinese

trad.		蠣
simp.		蛎
alternative forms		蠇𧋘 Min Dong colloquial

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (萬) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
糲	m·raːds, m·rads, *m·raːd
犡	m·raːds, m·rads
噧	hmreːds, r̥ʰaːd
邁	*mraːds
勱	*mraːds
蠆	*m̥ʰraːds
厲	*m·rads
勵	*m·rads
礪	*m·rads
蠣	*m·rads
蠇	*m·rads
癘	*m·rads
濿	*m·rads
櫔	*m·rads
巁	*m·rads
贎	m·rads, mlans
萬	*mlans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *m·rads) : semantic 虫 (“insect; bug; creature”) + phonetic 厲 (OC *m·rads).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lì (li⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): lai⁶
(Taishan, Wiktionary): lai⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): li
(Meixian, Guangdong): li⁴
Min Bei (KCR): lī
Min Dong (BUC): diê / lâ̤
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): lē
(Teochew, Peng'im): li⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): li (T3)

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)⁺
  - Jyutping: lai⁶
  - Yale: laih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lai⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lai³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li
  - Hakka Romanization System: li
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: li⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /li⁵³/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: diê / lâ̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɛ²⁴²/, /l̃ɑ²⁴²/

Note:

diê - colloquial;
lâ̤ - literary.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē
  - Tâi-lô: lē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: le
  - IPA (Xiamen): /le²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /le²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /le³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /le³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: li⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: li (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²³/

Middle Chinese: /liᴇi^H/

Rime
Character	蠣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力制切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liaj^H/
Li Rong	/liɛi^H/
Wang Li	/lĭɛi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lai⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-rat-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*m·rads/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蠣
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lì
Middle Chinese	‹ ljej^H ›
Old Chinese	/*mə-rat-s/
English	oyster
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	蠣
Reading #	1/1
No.	12624
Phonetic component	萬
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	例
Old Chinese	/*m·rads/
Notes	說文蠇之後起分化字

Definitions

蠣

oyster

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 牡蠣 (“oyster”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蠣, 蠔, 牡蠣, 牡蛤, 蠣蛤, 古賁
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牡蠣, 蠔, 海蠣子, 海蠣
Taxonomic name		牡蠣
Mandarin	Taiwan	牡蠣, 蚵仔, 蚵
	Yantai (Muping)	海蠣子
	Nanning (Wuming)	蠔
	Malaysia	蠔
	Singapore	蠔
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠔
	Hong Kong	蠔, 生蠔
	Dongguan	蠔
	Yangjiang	蠔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蠔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蠔
Hakka	Meixian	蠔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蚵仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蚵仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蚵仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蚵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蚵仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蚵
Min Bei	Jian'ou	蠣黃
Min Dong	Fuzhou	蠣
	Lianjiang	八蠣
	Fuqing	蠣
	Matsu	蠣
	Singapore (Fuqing)	蠣
Min Nan	Xiamen	蚵仔, 蚵
	Quanzhou	蚵仔, 蚵
	Zhangzhou	蚵仔, 蚵
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	蚵仔
	Zhao'an	蚵仔
	Taipei	蚵仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蚵
	Kaohsiung	蚵仔
	Yilan	蚵仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	蚵仔
	Taichung	蚵仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	蚵
	Tainan	蚵仔
	Taitung	蚵仔
	Hsinchu	蚵仔
	Kinmen	蚵
	Penghu (Magong)	蚵
	Penang (Hokkien)	蚵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蚵
	Manila (Hokkien)	蚵仔
	Chaozhou	蠔
	Shantou	蠔, 水生
	Shantou (Chenghai)	蠔
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	蠔
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	蠔仔
	Jieyang	蠔, 水生, 水魚
	Haifeng	蠔
	Singapore (Teochew)	蠔
	Leizhou	蠔
	Wenchang	蠔
Puxian Min	Putian	蚮
	Putian (Donghai)	蠔
	Xianyou	蚮, 蠔
Wu	Ningbo	蠣黃
Wu	Wenzhou	蠣膏

Compounds

海蠣子／海蛎子 (hǎilìzi)
牡蠣／牡蛎 (mǔlì)
玄蠣／玄蛎
蛤蠣／蛤蛎
蠔蠣／蚝蛎
蠣塘／蛎塘

蠣奴／蛎奴
蠣房／蛎房
蠣槎／蛎槎
蠣灰／蛎灰
蠣牆／蛎墙
蠣粉／蛎粉

蠣粉牆／蛎粉墙
蠣蛤／蛎蛤
蠣蠔／蛎蚝
蠣餅／蛎饼 (lìbǐng)
蠣鷸／蛎鹬 (lìyù)
蠣黃／蛎黄

Japanese

Shinjitai	蛎
Kyūjitai	蠣

Kanji

蠣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蛎)

oyster

Readings

Go-on: らい (rai)
Kan-on: れい (rei)
Kun: かき (kaki, 蠣)

Korean

Hanja

蠣 • (ryeo>yeo) (hangeul 려>여, revised ryeo>yeo, McCune–Reischauer ryŏ>yŏ, Yale lye>ye)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蠣: Hán Nôm readings: lệ, lị

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