酹

酹	U+9179, 酹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9179

Translingual

Han character

酹 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一田月木戈 (MWBDI), four-corner 1264₃, composition ⿰酉寽)

to pour out a libation
to sprinkle

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1283, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39872
Dae Jaweon: page 1783, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3584, character 5
Unihan data for U+9179

Chinese

trad.		酹
simp. ^#		酹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
酹	roːds, ruːls
脟	ronʔ, rod
捋	*roːd
蛶	roːd, rod
埒	*rod
鋝	rod, srod
浖	*rod
哷	*rod
寽	*rud

Etymology

Attested somewhat late, in Eastern Han period (25-220 CE). According to Schuessler (2007), from Tai; compare Thai รด (rót, “to water, to pour, to spill; to sprinkle (as in certain ceremonies)”) and กรวด (grùuat, “to pour ceremonial water.”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lèi (lei⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): laai⁶ / lyut³ / leoi⁶ / loi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lèi
  - Wade–Giles: lei⁴
  - Yale: lèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ley
  - Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: laai⁶ / lyut³ / leoi⁶ / loi⁶
  - Yale: laaih / lyut / leuih / loih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laai⁶ / lyt⁸ / loey⁶ / loi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lai⁶ / lüd³ / lêu⁶ / loi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːi̯²²/, /lyːt̚³/, /lɵy̯²²/, /lɔːi̯²²/

Middle Chinese: lwajH, lwojH

Rime
Character	酹	酹
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	泰 (26)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	郎外切	盧對切
Baxter	lwajH	lwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luɑi^H/	/luʌi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷɑi^H/	/luoi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/luɑi^H/	/luɒi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwaj^H/	/lwəj^H/
Li Rong	/luɑi^H/	/luᴀi^H/
Wang Li	/luɑi^H/	/luɒi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/luɑi^H/	/luɑ̆i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lèi	lèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi⁶	leoi⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*roːds/, /*ruːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	酹	酹
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8586	8587
Phonetic component	寽	寽
Rime group	祭	微
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	酹	纇
Old Chinese	/*roːds/	/*ruːls/

Definitions

酹

to pour out a libation (usually alcohol) on the ground
- 上自酹祭宗廟。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  上自酹祭宗庙。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 200 CE,《前漢紀》Annals of the Former Han, by 荀悅 Xun Yue
  Shàng zì lèi jì zōngmiào. [Pinyin]
  The Emperor himself poured out libations to make offerings in the ancestral temple.
- 1082 October 15, 蘇軾 (Su Shi), 念奴嬌·赤壁懷古 (Nian Nu Jiao: Reminiscence of Red Cliffs):
  
  人間如夢，一尊還酹江月。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  人间如梦，一尊还酹江月。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Rénjiān rú mèng, yī zūn huán lèi jiāng yuè. [Pinyin]
  Life is like a dream. Allow me to libate a drink of alcohol to the river, the moon and its reflection.

Compounds

奠酹
薦酹 / 荐酹

References

“酹”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

酹

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): らい (rai)、るい (rui)、らつ (ratsu)、らち (rachi)
Kun: そそぐ (sosogu)

Korean

Hanja

酹 • (roe>noe) (hangeul 뢰>뇌, revised roe>noe, McCune–Reischauer roe>noe, Yale loy>noy)

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