利器

Chinese

		advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	device; tool; utensil
trad. (利器)		利	器
simp. ^#(利器)		利	器

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìqì

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄑㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁶ hei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìqì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìcì
  - Wade–Giles: li⁴-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: lì-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihchih
  - Palladius: лици (lici)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁶ hei³
  - Yale: leih hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁶ hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁶ héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²² hei̯³³/

Middle Chinese: lijH khijH

Rime
Character	利	器
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力至切	去冀切
Baxter	lijH	khijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪ^H/	/kʰˠiɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/li^H/	/kʰᵚi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɪ^H/	/kʰiɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/li^H/	/kʰji^H/
Li Rong	/li^H/	/kʰji^H/
Wang Li	/li^H/	/kʰi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li^H/	/kʰi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì	qì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei⁶	hei³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ri[t]-s [kʰ]r[ə][t]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*rids kʰrɯds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	利	器
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lì	qì
Middle Chinese	‹ lij^H ›	‹ khij^H ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ri[t]-s/	/*[kʰ]r[ə][t]-s/
English	sharp; profit	vessel; instrument
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	利	器
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7898	10173
Phonetic component	利	器
Rime group	至	隊
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	利	器
Old Chinese	/*rids/	/*kʰrɯds/

Noun

利器

sharp weapon
good tool; excellent instrument

Synonyms

(good tool): (literary) 利用 (lìyòng)

Derived terms

自拍利器 (zìpāi lìqì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (利器):

→ Japanese: 利器(りき) (riki)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
利	器
り Grade: 4	き Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) りき [ríꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾʲikʲi]

Noun

利(り)器(き) • (riki)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN