黎元

Chinese

		surname; black; Lebanon (abbrev.)	primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)
trad. (黎元)		黎	元
simp. #(黎元)		黎	元

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄩㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: líyuán
    • Wade–Giles: li²-yüan²
    • Yale: lí-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liyuan
    • Palladius: лиюань (lijuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

黎元

1. (literary) commoner; ordinary person

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

• (Tokyo) れ​ーげん [réꜜègèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

黎(れい)元(げん) • (reigen) 

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

Synonyms

• 庶民(しょみん) (shomin) (most common)
• 黎民(れいみん) (reimin)
• 黎庶(れいしょ) (reisho)

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN