黎

黎 (Kangxi radical 202, 黍+3, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹人水 (HHOE), four-corner 2713₂, composition ⿳𥝢𠆢氺)

• 嚟, 㠟, 𤂱, 㰀, 瓈, 邌, 𤑬, 𤛼, 𥌛, 𥗍, 𥣵, 𧔌, 𬜜, 鑗, 𩧋, 𩼽, 𠠍, 𨟀, 𩁟, 𢤂, 藜, 𥨹, 䉫

• KangXi: page 1517, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47994
• Dae Jaweon: page 2049, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4759, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9ECE
• Unihan data for U+F989

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *riːl) : semantic 黍 (“millet”) + phonetic 利 (OC *rids).

“black; numerous”

Cognate with 黧 (“black”) (Wang, 1982).

“Li people”

From Hlai Hlai. Alleged to be used in Eastern Han dynasty book Yiwu Zhi:

《南裔異物志》謂：俚在廣州之南，俗呼俚為𥠖。 [MSC, trad.]
《南裔异物志》谓：俚在广州之南，俗呼俚为𥠖。 [MSC, simp.]

From: 顧炎武《天下郡國利病書》, early Qing dynasty

“Nányì Yìwù Zhì” wèi: Lǐ zài Guǎngzhōu zhī nán, sú hū Lǐ wèi 𥠖. [Pinyin]

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Before Song dynasty, 俚 (lǐ) was a more common term.

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黎

1. (obsolete) black

   alt. forms: 黧 (lí)

2. (literary) numerous

   黎民  ―  límín  ―  common people

3. until; at the time of

   黎明  ―  límíng  ―  dawn

4. (～國) (historical) state of Li (a state in modern-day Shanxi, China, during the Shang dynasty)
5. (～族) Li people (the largest ethnic minority in Hainan, China)
6. Short for 黎巴嫩 (Líbānèn, “Lebanon”).

   • 年逾八旬的卡薩與中國淵源頗深，自上世紀50年代以來，他已訪問中國50餘次，是中黎乃至中阿關係發展的見證者。 [MSC, trad.]
     年逾八旬的卡萨与中国渊源颇深，自上世纪50年代以来，他已访问中国50余次，是中黎乃至中阿关系发展的见证者。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2017 April 7, 李良勇, 黎巴嫩友好人士任丝绸之路国际总商会荣誉主席

     Nián yú bā xún de kǎsà yǔ zhōngguó yuānyuán pō shēn, zì shàng shìjì 50 niándài yǐlái, tā yǐ fǎngwèn zhōngguó 50 yú cì, shì Zhōng Lí nǎizhì Zhōng Ā guānxì fāzhǎn de jiànzhèngzhě. [Pinyin]

     Kassar, who is over 80 years old, has a deep relationship with China; since the 1950s, he has visited China over 50 times, witnessing the development of Sino–Lebanese, and even Sino–Arab, relations.

7. a surname

   黎元洪  ―  Lí Yuánhóng  ―  Li Yuanhong (Chinese politician during the late Qing dynasty and the Republic of China)

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. black, bluish black
2. gloomy, dusky
3. used to indicate the Li people of Hainan Province, China

• Go-on: らい (rai)
• Kan-on: れい (rei)
• On: り (ri)
• Kun: くろ (kuro, 黎); くろい (kuroi, 黎い)
• Nanori: たみ (tami)

黎 (eum 려 (ryeo), South Korea 여 (yeo))

1. Hanja form^? of 여(黎) (“black”).

黎: Hán Nôm readings: lê, rê

1. spelt as Lê, the fourth most common surname among ethnic Vietnamese.