劣
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Translingual
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- A CJK compatibility ideograph exists at
U+F99D
with no change in composition. - Note that in Japanese Kanji, Korean Hanja and Vietnamese Nom, the middle stroke of the top component 小 is written 亅 with a hook whereas in modern Chinese scripts the middle stroke is written 丨 with no downward hook.
Han character
[edit]劣 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火竹大尸 (FHKS), four-corner 90427, composition ⿱少力)
Derived characters
[edit]References
[edit]- Kangxi Dictionary: page 146, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2302
- Dae Jaweon: page 330, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 367, character 5
- Unihan data for U+52A3
Chinese
[edit]simp. and trad. |
劣 |
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Glyph origin
[edit]Historical forms of the character 劣 | |
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Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 少 (“little, less”) + 力 (“strength”). 少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews) also functions as phonetic.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nie2 / ne2
- (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): lüě
- (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): lie̊q
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): liet6
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): lyeh4
- Northern Min (KCR): lṳĕ
- Eastern Min (BUC): luók
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 8liq / 8laq
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lie6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: liè
- Wade–Giles: lieh4
- Yale: lyè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lieh
- Palladius: ле (le)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Beijing dialect, colloquial)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄩㄝˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lyuè
- Wade–Giles: lüeh4
- Yale: lywè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liueh
- Palladius: люэ (ljue)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ly̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: nie2 / ne2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lie / le
- Sinological IPA (key): /niɛ²¹/, /nɛ²¹/
- (Xi'an)
- Guanzhong Pinyin: lüě
- Sinological IPA (key): /lyɛ²¹/
- (Nanjing)
- Nanjing Pinyin: lie̊q
- Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): lieq5
- Sinological IPA (key): /lieʔ⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: lyut3 / lyut6
- Yale: lyut / lyuht
- Cantonese Pinyin: lyt8 / lyt9
- Guangdong Romanization: lüd3 / lüd6
- Sinological IPA (key): /lyːt̚³/, /lyːt̚²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lut2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lut̚⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: liet6
- Sinological IPA (key): /liɛt̚⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lot
- Hakka Romanization System: lodˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: lod5
- Sinological IPA: /lot̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: lodˋ
- Sinological IPA: /lot²/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: lyeh4
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /lyəʔ²/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lṳĕ
- Sinological IPA (key): /lyɛ²⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: luók
- Sinological IPA (key): /l̃uɔʔ²⁴/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loa̍t
- Tâi-lô: lua̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: loat
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /luat̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /luat̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loat
- Tâi-lô: luat
- Phofsit Daibuun: load
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /luat̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍t
- Tâi-lô: lia̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: liat
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛt̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɛt̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: luag4 / luêg4
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: luak / luek
- Sinological IPA (key): /luak̚²/, /luek̚²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Note:
- luag4 - Shantou;
- luêg4 - Chaozhou.
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: ljwet
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*rod/
Definitions
[edit]劣
- (literary, or in compounds) small and weak; puny
- (literary, or in compounds) bad; poor; inferior
- (literary, or in compounds) slightly
Synonyms
[edit]- (small and weak): 弱小 (ruòxiǎo)
- (bad):
- 不善 (bùshàn)
- 不好
- 不妙 (bùmiào)
- 不怎麼樣 / 不怎么样 (bùzěnmeyàng)
- 不濟 / 不济 (bùjì)
- 不腆 (bùtiǎn) (Classical Chinese, self-deprecatory)
- 了丁 (Min Nan)
- 低下 (dīxià)
- 低劣 (dīliè)
- 低路 (Min Nan)
- 垃圾 (lājī) (colloquial)
- 屎 (Cantonese)
- 差 (chà)
- 差勁 / 差劲 (chàjìn) (colloquial)
- 差氣 / 差气 (Hokkien)
- 拙劣 (zhuōliè)
- 推扳 (1the-pe) (Shanghainese)
- 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 梢跤軟蹄 / 梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 欠佳 (qiànjiā)
- 水皮 (seoi2 pei4) (Cantonese)
- 潮 (cháo) (colloquial, of quality or technique)
- 無良 / 无良 (wúliáng) (formal)
- 破 (pò) (colloquial)
- 跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 蹩腳 / 蹩脚 (biéjiǎo)
- 鄙劣 (bǐliè) (literary)
Antonyms
[edit]Compounds
[edit]- 下劣 (xiàliè)
- 不劣方頭 / 不劣方头
- 乖劣
- 了劣
- 低劣 (dīliè)
- 優劣 / 优劣 (yōuliè)
- 優勝劣敗 / 优胜劣败
- 劣勢 / 劣势 (lièshì)
- 劣化 (lièhuà)
- 劣化警報 / 劣化警报
- 劣匠
- 劣品
- 劣弧
- 劣怯
- 劣性
- 劣憋
- 劣把
- 劣把頭 / 劣把头
- 劣敗 / 劣败
- 劣株
- 劣根性 (liègēnxìng)
- 劣比
- 劣相
- 劣種 / 劣种 (lièzhǒng)
- 劣等 (lièděng)
- 劣筆 / 劣笔
- 劣等生 (lièděngshēng)
- 劣紳 / 劣绅 (lièshēn)
- 劣缺
- 劣缺搊搜 / 劣缺𫼝搜
- 劣藥 / 劣药
- 劣行 (lièxíng)
- 劣角
- 劣貨 / 劣货
- 劣質 / 劣质 (lièzhì)
- 劣跡 / 劣迹 (lièjì)
- 劣跡昭著 / 劣迹昭着
- 劣蹶
- 劣酒
- 劣馬 / 劣马
- 卑劣 (bēiliè)
- 卑劣手段
- 土豪劣紳 / 土豪劣绅 (tǔháo lièshēn)
- 惡劣 / 恶劣 (èliè)
- 愚劣
- 憋劣
- 拙劣 (zhuōliè)
- 方頭不劣 / 方头不劣
- 日趨惡劣 / 日趋恶劣
- 狠劣
- 窳劣 (yǔliè)
- 粗劣 (cūliè)
- 粗衣劣食
- 羸劣
- 臞劣
- 蕪劣 / 芜劣
- 薄劣
- 闇劣 / 暗劣
- 陋劣
- 頑劣 / 顽劣 (wánliè)
Japanese
[edit]Kanji
[edit]劣
Readings
[edit]Compounds
[edit]- 劣悪 (retsuaku)
- 劣位 (retsui)
- 劣後 (retsugo)
- 劣等 (rettō)
- 愚劣 (guretsu)
- 下劣 (geretsu)
- 拙劣 (setsuretsu)
- 卑劣 (hiretsu)
- 優劣 (yūretsu)
Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Chinese 劣 (MC ljwet).
Historical readings
- Recorded as Middle Korean ᄅᆑᇙ〮 (Yale: lyuyelq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
- Recorded as Middle Korean 렬 (lyel) (Yale: lyel) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
- Recorded as Middle Korean 녈 (nyel) (Yale: nyel) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɾjʌ̹ɭ] ~ [jʌ̹ɭ]
- Phonetic hangul: [렬/열]
Hanja
[edit]劣 (eumhun 못할 렬 (mothal ryeol), word-initial (South Korea) 못할 열 (mothal yeol))
- hanja form? of [[렬/열#Korean:_劣|렬/열]] (“bad; poor”)
- hanja form? of [[렬/열#Korean:_劣|렬/열]] (“inferior”)
- 1929, 신채호 [Han: 申采浩, Sin Chaeho], 조선사 연구 초 [Joseonsayeon-gucho, Han: 朝鮮史硏究草, Exploratory Studies in Korean History]:
Compounds
[edit]Compounds
References
[edit]- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]
Vietnamese
[edit]Han character
[edit]劣: Hán Nôm readings: liệt, lẹt
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