皪

皪 U+76AA, 皪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76AA ← 皩 [U+76A9] CJK Unified Ideographs 皫 → [U+76AB]

Translingual

Han character

皪 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 竹日女戈木 (HAVID), four-corner 2269₄, composition ⿰白樂)

1. iridescent
2. white lustre

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 790, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22806
• Dae Jaweon: page 1204, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2652, character 20
• Unihan data for U+76AA

Chinese

trad.		皪
simp.		𰤕

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
樂	*ŋraːwɢs, *raːwɢ, *ŋraːwɢ
轢	*raːd, *raːwɢ, *reːwɢ
濼	*pqʰlaːwɢ, *raːwɢ, *reːwɢ, *pqʰloːwɢ, *roːwɢ, *roːwɢ
躒	*raːwɢ, *reːwɢ
擽	*rawɢ, *reːwɢ
爍	*qʰljawɢ
鑠	*qʰljawɢ
藥	*lawɢ
櫟	*lawɢ, *reːwɢ
纅	*lawɢ
礫	*reːwɢ
瓅	*reːwɢ
皪	*reːwɢ
觻	*reːwɢ, *roːwɢ
嚛	*qʰloːwɢ, *qʰloːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *reːwɢ) : semantic 白 + phonetic 樂 (OC *ŋraːwɢs, *raːwɢ, *ŋraːwɢ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lì
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴
    • Yale: lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lik⁶
    • Yale: lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: lek

Rime
Character	皪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎擊切
Baxter	lek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/lek̚/
Wang Li	/liek̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/liek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	皪
Reading #	1/1
No.	7688
Phonetic component	樂
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	靂
Old Chinese	/*reːwɢ/
Notes	見漢書

Definitions

皪

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Kanji

皪

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): れき (reki)、りゃく (ryaku)、らく (raku)、はく (haku)
• Kun: しろい (shiroi)