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侶 (Kangxi radical 9,人+7, 9 strokes,cangjie input人口竹口 (ORHR),four-corner26260,composition⿰亻呂)
| trad. | 侶 | |
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| simp. | 侣 | |
| Historical forms of the character侶 |
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References: Mostly from Richard Sears'Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*raʔ): semantic ⺅(“person”) + phonetic 呂(OC*ɡ·raʔ). It expresses the meaning of “companion.”[1]
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 侶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力舉切 |
| Baxter | ljoX |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɨʌX/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /liɔX/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /liɔX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɨə̆X/ |
| Li Rong | /liɔX/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭoX/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯woX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lǚ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | leoi5 |
侶
| Kanji in this term |
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| 侶 |
| とも Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of侶 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term,侶, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
FromMiddle Chinese侶 (MC ljoX).
| Historical readings | ||
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| Dongguk Jeongun reading | ||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | 령〯 (Yale:lyě) | |
| Middle Korean | ||
| Text | Eumhun | |
| Gloss (hun) | Reading | |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2] | 벋〯 (Yale:pět) | 려〮 (Yale:lyé) |

侶 (eumhun짝려(jjak ryeo),word-initial (South Korea)짝여(jjak yeo))
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