蕾

Translingual

Han character

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

1. buds, unopened flowers

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

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Chinese

trad.		蕾
simp. #		蕾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěi (lei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵ / leoi⁴

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• 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/

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• 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	/luʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/luoiX/
Shao Rongfen	/luɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwəjX/
Li Rong	/luᴀiX/
Wang Li	/luɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/luɑ̆iX/
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

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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–

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Japanese

Kanji

蕾

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): らい (rai)
• Kun: つぼみ (tsubomi)

Noun

蕾(つぼみ) • (tsubomi) 

1. bud (of a flower)

Alternative forms

• 莟

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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

(deprecated template usage) 蕾 (lôi, lỗi)

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