儷

See also: 俪

儷	U+5137, 儷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5137

← 儶
[U+5136]

CJK Unified Ideographs

儸 →
[U+5138]

Translingual

Han character

儷 (radical 9, 人+19, 21 strokes, cangjie input 人一一心 (OMMP), four-corner 2121₁, composition ⿰亻麗)

References

KangXi: page 121, character 36

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1311

Dae Jaweon: page 256, character 24

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 238, character 18

Unihan data for U+5137

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 儷

**Small seal script**
s05816

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
L02321

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (丽) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
灑	sreːlʔ, sreːlʔ, srelʔ, srels
籭	sreːl, srel
躧	sreːlʔ, srelʔ
曬	sreːls, srels
廲	*reːl
驪	reːl, rel
鱺	*reːlʔ
欐	reːlʔ, reːls, *srel
丽	*reːls
麗	reːls, rel
儷	*reːls
鸝	*rel
酈	rel, reːɡ
孋	*rel
矖	rel, srelʔ
穲	*rel
邐	*relʔ
彲	*r̥ʰel
釃	srel, srelʔ, *sra
襹	srel, srels
纚	*srelʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *reːls) : semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 麗 (OC *reːls, *rel).

Etymology 1

trad.		儷
simp.		俪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁶
Min Nan (POJ): lē / lî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
  - Wade–Giles: lih⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
  - IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lai⁶
  - Yale: laih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē / lî
  - Tâi-lô: lē / lî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: le, lii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /le²²/, /li²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁴¹/, /li²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /le²²/, /li¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /le³³/, /li²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /le³³/, /li²³/

Middle Chinese: /lei^H/▼

Rime
Character	儷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎計切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/lei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛj^H/
Li Rong	/lei^H/
Wang Li	/liei^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/liei^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*reːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儷
Reading #	1/1
No.	7915
Phonetic component	丽
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	麗
Old Chinese	/*reːls/

Definitions

儷

married couple
(poetry) of a couplet

Compounds

伉儷／伉俪 (kànglì)
作儷／作俪
倚儷／倚俪
偶儷／偶俪
儔儷／俦俪
儷事／俪事
儷人／俪人
儷偕／俪偕
儷偶／俪偶
儷劄／俪劄
儷句／俪句
儷對／俪对
儷巧／俪巧
儷影／俪影
儷影雙雙／俪影双双
儷曲／俪曲

儷然／俪然
儷皮／俪皮
儷祉／俪祉
儷裁／俪裁
儷語／俪语
儷走／俪走
儷辭／俪辞
儷采／俪采
儷鑒／俪鉴
儷陳／俪陈
儷體／俪体
升儷／升俪
參儷／参俪
四六駢儷／四六骈俪
失儷／失俪

嬪儷／嫔俪
棽儷／棽俪
榮諧伉儷／荣谐伉俪
淑儷／淑俪
相儷／相俪
罕儷／罕俪
耦儷／耦俪
諧儷／谐俪
賢伉儷／贤伉俪
配儷／配俪
駢儷／骈俪
駢四儷六／骈四俪六
駢枝儷葉／骈枝俪叶
魚儷／鱼俪
鮮儷／鲜俪

Etymology 2

trad.		儷
simp.		俪
variant forms		㑚囇僅／仅

Pronunciation

Min Dong (BUC): nâ

Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nâ
  - IPA ^(key): /nˡɑ²⁴²/

Definitions

儷

(Min Dong) only
伊儷食菜，伓食肉。 [Min Dong, trad.]
伊俪食菜，伓食肉。 [Min Dong, simp.]
Ĭ nâ siăh>siĕh chái, n̂g-siăh>siĕh nṳ̆k. / [i⁵⁵ nˡɑ²⁴² sieʔ⁵ t͡sʰɑi²¹³ ^(ŋ̍-)n̩²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)nieʔ⁵ nˡyʔ⁵] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
He only eats vegetables, and does not eat meat.

Japanese

Kanji

儷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

companion

Readings

On (unclassified): れい (rei)

Kun: つれあい (tsureai), ならぶ (narabu)

Korean

Hanja

儷 • (ryeo) (hangeul 려, revised ryeo, McCune–Reischauer ryŏ)

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Vietnamese

Han character

儷 (lệ)

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References

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