蕾

蕾	U+857E, 蕾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-857E

← 蕽
[U+857D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蕿 →
[U+857F]

Translingual

Han character

蕾 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿一月田 (TMBW), four-corner 4460₃, composition ⿱艹雷)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1059, character 48
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32067
Dae Jaweon: page 1523, character 29
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3300, character 18
Unihan data for U+857E

Chinese

trad.		蕾
simp. ^#		蕾
alternative forms		藟 obsolete

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
摞	roːl, roːls
騾	*roːl
螺	*roːl
蔂	roːl, rul
虆	roːl, rul
瘰	*roːlʔ
礌	ruːl, ruːls
雷	*ruːl
擂	ruːl, ruːls
攂	ruːl, ruːls
礧	ruːll, ruːlʔ, *ruːls
儡	ruːl, ruːlʔ, *ruːls
瓃	ruːl, rul, *ruls
櫑	ruːl, ruːlʔ
鑘	ruːl, ruːlʔ
鐳	*ruːl
畾	*ruːl
轠	ruːl, rulʔ
罍	*ruːl
蕾	*ruːlʔ
癗	*ruːlʔ
磥	*ruːlʔ
累	ruːls, rolʔ, *rols
儽	ruːls, rul
樏	rolʔ, rul
鸓	rul, rulʔ
嫘	*rul
纍	rul, ruls
欙	*rul
纝	*rul
壘	*rulʔ
櫐	*rulʔ
蘽	*rulʔ
藟	*rulʔ
讄	*rulʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lěi (lei³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵ / leoi⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lúi / lé
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶le

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lěi
  - Wade–Giles: lei³
  - Yale: lěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leei
  - Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: leoi⁵ / leoi⁴
  - Yale: léuih / lèuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵ / loey⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵ / lêu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³/, /lɵy̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lúi
  - Tâi-lô: luí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: luie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /lui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lé
  - Tâi-lô: lé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /le⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /le⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶le
  - MiniDict: le^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³le
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²³/

Middle Chinese: lwojX

Rime
Character	蕾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	落猥切
Baxter	lwojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luʌi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/luoi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/luɒi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwəj^X/
Li Rong	/luᴀi^X/
Wang Li	/luɒi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/luɑ̆i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ruːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕾
Reading #	1/1
No.	7719
Phonetic component	畾
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	磥
Old Chinese	/*ruːlʔ/

Definitions

蕾

bud (of a flower)

Compounds

古典芭蕾 (gǔdiǎn bālěi)
味蕾 (wèilěi)
德蕾莎 (Délěishā)
水上芭蕾
現代芭蕾 / 现代芭蕾
白芭蕾
空中芭蕾
花蕾 (huālěi)
芭蕾
芭蕾舞
蓓蕾 (bèilěi)
蕾絲 / 蕾丝 (lěisī)

References

“蕾”, 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

蕾

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: らい (rai)
Kan-on: らい (rai)
Kun: つぼみ (tsubomi, 蕾)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蕾
つぼみ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
莟

Noun

蕾(つぼみ) • (tsubomi)

bud (of a flower)

Proper noun

蕾(つぼみ) • (Tsubomi)

a female given name

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

蕾: Hán Nôm readings: lôi, lỗi

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