黎元

黎元

Chinese

		surname; black; abbreviation for Lebanon	primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)
simp. and trad. (黎元)		黎	元

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄩㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: líyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liyuan
    • IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ y̯ɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

黎元

1. (literary) commoner; ordinary person

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
黎	元
れい Jinmeiyō	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 黎元 (lej ngjwon, literally “black [in reference to black hair: i.e. bareheaded, i.e. not nobility] + head”). Compare modern Mandarin reading líyuán.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) れ​ーげん [réꜜègèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

黎元 (hiragana れいげん, rōmaji reigen)

1. (uncommon) a commoner, an ordinary person (in contrast to the aristocracy or nobility)

Synonyms

• 庶 (しょ)民 (みん) (shomin) (most common)
• 黎 (れい)民 (みん) (reimin)
• 黎 (れい)庶 (しょ) (reisho)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan