驪

See also: 孋 and 骊

驪 U+9A6A, 驪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A6A ← 驩 [U+9A69] CJK Unified Ideographs 驫 → [U+9A6B]

驪 U+F987, 驪 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F987 ← 閭 [U+F986] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 麗 → [U+F988]

Translingual

Han character

驪 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+19, 29 strokes, cangjie input 尸火一一心 (SFMMP), four-corner 7131₁, composition ⿰馬麗)

Descendants

• 骊 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1447, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45090
• Dae Jaweon: page 1972, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4585, character 4
• Unihan data for U+9A6A

• Unihan data for U+F987

Chinese

trad.		驪
simp.		骊

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
灑	*sreːlʔ, *sreːlʔ, *srelʔ, *srels
籭	*sreːl, *srel
躧	*sreːlʔ, *srelʔ
曬	*sreːls, *srels
廲	*reːl
驪	*reːl, *rel
鱺	*reːlʔ
欐	*reːlʔ, *reːls, *srel
丽	*reːls
麗	*reːls, *rel
儷	*reːls
鸝	*rel
酈	*rel, *reːɡ
孋	*rel
矖	*rel, *srelʔ
穲	*rel
邐	*relʔ
彲	*r̥ʰel
釃	*srel, *srelʔ, *sra
襹	*srel, *srels
纚	*srelʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːl, *rel) : semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 麗 (OC *reːls, *rel).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lí (li²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lí
    • Wade–Giles: li²
    • Yale: lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁴
    • Yale: lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lje, lej

Rime
Character	驪	驪
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	呂支切	郎奚切
Baxter	lje	lej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇ/	/lei/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛ/	/lei/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɛ/	/lɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liə̆/	/lɛj/
Li Rong	/lie/	/lei/
Wang Li	/lǐe/	/liei/
Bernard Karlgren	/lie̯/	/liei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí	lí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei4	lai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːl/, /*rel/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	驪	驪
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7910	7918
Phonetic component	丽	丽
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	黎	離
Old Chinese	/*reːl/	/*rel/

Definitions

驪

1. (literary) pure black horse

   • 四驪濟濟、垂轡濔濔。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     四骊济济、垂辔沵沵。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Sì lí jǐjǐ, chuí pèi mǐmǐ. [Pinyin]

     Her four black horses are beautiful, and soft look the reins as they hang.

2. (～山) Mount Li in Shaanxi province
3. (alt. form 孋／㛤) historical tribe in ancient China

   See also: 驪戎

4. a surname

Compounds

• 句驪／句骊
• 探驪得珠／探骊得珠
• 探驪獲珠／探骊获珠
• 牝牡驪黃／牝牡骊黄
• 驪姬／骊姬
• 驪姬之亂／骊姬之乱
• 驪山／骊山 (Líshān)
• 驪山老母／骊山老母
• 驪戎／骊戎
• 驪歌／骊歌 (lígē)
• 驪珠／骊珠 (lízhū)
• 驪珠串／骊珠串
• 驪駒／骊驹
• 驪駒在門／骊驹在门

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chí (Chi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chíh
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻih²
    • Yale: Chŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyr
    • Palladius: Чи (Či)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/

Definitions

驪

1. Only used in 驪靬／骊靬 (Chíqián).

Japanese

Kanji

驪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. pair of horses
2. lustrous black horse

Readings

• On (unclassified): り (ri); れい (rei)
• Kun: くろこま (kurokoma); くろうま (kurouma)

Compounds

• 驪馬(りば) (riba)
• 驪駒(りく) (riku)
• 驪竜(りりゅう) (riryū)
• 驪珠(りしゅ) (rishu)
• 鉄驪(てつり) (tetsuri)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. A pure black horse
2. A pair of horses

Vietnamese

Han character

驪: Hán Nôm readings: li

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References

• Nom Foundation