梨

梨 U+68A8, 梨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68A8
← 梧
[U+68A7]
CJK Unified Ideographs 梩 →
[U+68A9]
梨 U+F9E2, 梨
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9E2
← 李
[U+F9E1]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs 泥 →
[U+F9E3]

Translingual

Han character

梨 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓木 (HND) or X竹弓木 (XHND), four-corner 22904, composition ⿱利木)

References

Chinese

trad. 梨
simp. # 梨
alternative forms 棃
梸

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 梨
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ril) : phonetic 利 (OC *rids) + semantic 木.

Etymology

Unknown. Also found in Proto-Hmong-Mien *rəj; folk etymology derives this from 利 (OC *rids, “sharp”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • lì - “pear”;
  • lài - used in 黃梨.
Note:
  • lâi - vernacular;
  • lê - literary.

Rime
Character 梨
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 脂 (15)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 力脂切
Baxter ljij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/liɪ/
Pan
Wuyun
/li/
Shao
Rongfen
/ljɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/li/
Li
Rong
/li/
Wang
Li
/li/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lei4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 梨
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lí
Middle
Chinese
‹ lij ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.r[ə][j]/
English pear tree, pear

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 梨
Reading # 1/1
No. 7891
Phonetic
component
利
Rime
group
脂
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
棃
Old
Chinese
/*ril/
Notes 同棃見漢書子虛賦

Definitions

梨

梨

  1. pear (Classifier: 個/个 m c; 隻/只 c)
  2. † Alternative form of 剺 (lí, “to cut”).

Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

  • → Malay: lai (“pear”)
  • → Proto-Hmong-Mien: *rəj (“pear”)

Japanese

Kanji

梨

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. pear

Readings

Etymology 1

梨 (nashi, ri, rin: the tree) and the fruit.
Kanji in this term
梨
なし
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese [Term?]. Derivation unclear, with numerous theories. Two of the more common are given below.

  • May be originally a compound of 中 (na, “middle, center”, hypothesized root of modern naka) +‎ 白 (shiro, “white”) in reference to the pale flesh of the fruit.
*/na ɕiro/ → /naɕi/
  • Alternatively, may be originally a compound of 中 (na, “middle, center”, hypothesized root of modern naka) +‎ 酢 (su, “sour, acidic”) in reference to the way the flavor of the fruit becomes more astringent closer to the core.
*/na su/ → /naɕi/

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

梨(なし) • (nashi) 

  1. a pear tree
  2. a pear (the fruit)
  3. more specifically, the Japanese pear or Asian pear, Pyrus pyrifolia
Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ナシ.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
梨
り
Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 梨 (*li). Compare modern Mandarin reading lí.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾʲi]

Affix

梨(り) • (ri) 

  1. a pear tree
  2. a pear (the fruit)
  3. more specifically, the Japanese pear or Asian pear, Pyrus pyrifolia
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
梨
りん
Grade: 4
kan’yōon

Alteration of ri reading.

/ri/ → /rin/

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾʲĩɴ]

Affix

梨(りん) • (rin) 

  1. pear
Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

梨 (eumhun 배나무 리 (baenamu ri), South Korea 배나무 이 (baenamu i))

  1. Hanja form? of 리/이 (“pear tree”).

Vietnamese

Han character

梨: Hán Nôm readings: lê, lệ

  1. chữ Hán form of lê (“pear”).
  2. chữ Hán form of lệ (“pear”).
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