閭

閭

See also: 闾 and 闆

閭 U+95AD, 閭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95AD ← 閬 [U+95AC] CJK Unified Ideographs 閮 → [U+95AE]

閭 U+F986, 閭 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F986 ← 礪 [U+F985] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 驪 → [U+F987]

Translingual

Han character

閭 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 日弓口竹口 (ANRHR) or 日弓口口 (ANRR), four-corner 7760₆, composition ⿵門呂 or ⿵門吕)

Derived characters

• 櫚, 𤁵

References

• KangXi: page 1335, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41334
• Dae Jaweon: page 1841, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4296, character 3
• Unihan data for U+95AD
• Unihan data for U+F986

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Chinese

trad.		閭
simp.		闾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
櫚	*ra
閭	*ra
吕	*ɡ·raʔ
侣	*raʔ
梠	*raʔ
郘	*raʔ
絽	*raʔ
莒	*klaʔ
筥	*klaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ra) : semantic 門 (“gate”) + phonetic 呂 (OC *ɡ·raʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǘ (lü²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴, leoi⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): lî / lû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǘ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyú
    • Wade–Giles: lü²
    • Yale: lyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liu
    • Palladius: люй (ljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴, leoi⁵
    • Yale: lèuih, léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴, loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴, lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹/, /lɵy̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî / lû
    • Tâi-lô: lî / lû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lii, luu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²⁴/, /lu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li²⁴/, /lu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li¹³/, /lu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴/, /lu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li²³/, /lu²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɨʌ/

Rime
Character	閭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力居切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/liɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨə̆/
Li Rong	/liɔ/
Wang Li	/lĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǘ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ra/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	閭
Reading #	1/1
No.	8578
Phonetic component	呂
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	臚
Old Chinese	/*ra/

Definitions

閭

1. (literary) gate of a lane or alley
2. (literary) neighborhood; hamlet; lane; alley

   • 宰告閭史，閭史書為二，其一藏諸閭府，其一獻諸州史。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     宰告闾史，闾史书为二，其一藏诸闾府，其一献诸州史。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǎi gào lǘshǐ, lǘshǐ shū wéi èr, qí yī cáng zhū lǘ fǔ, qí yī xiàn zhū zhōushǐ. [Pinyin]

     The officer also informed the secretaries of the hamlets, who made out two copies of it. One of these was deposited in the archives of the village, and the other was presented to the secretary of the larger circuit.

   1. (historical) village or neighbourhood of twenty-five families (according to certain historical sources of various authenticity)
3. a surname

Compounds

俚閭／俚闾 倚閭／倚闾 尾閭／尾闾 (wěilǘ) 常閭／常闾 東閭／东闾 (Dōnglǘ) 林閭／林闾 棕閭／棕闾 鄉閭／乡闾

門閭／门闾 閭丘／闾丘 (Lǘqiū) 閭伍／闾伍 閭左／闾左 閭巷／闾巷 閭師／闾师 閭胥／闾胥

閭鄰／闾邻 閭里／闾里 (lǘlǐ) 閭長／闾长 閭門／闾门 閭閈／闾闬 閭閻／闾阎 (lǘyán) 闔閭／阖闾

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Japanese

Kanji

閭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. rural area

Readings

• Go-on: ろ (ro)
• Kan-on: りょ (ryo)^{←りよ (ryo, historical)}
• Kun: さと (sato, 閭); まち (machi, 閭); むら (mura, 閭)

Noun

閭(りょ) • (ryo) 

1. gate of a village

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

閭: Hán Nôm readings: lữ, lừ, lư

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References

• Nom Foundation