儡

儡 · lěi

puppet, dummy

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
lěi
Cantonese
leoi5
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

puppet, dummy

Dictionary definitions & readings

儡 lěi · used in 傀儡 kuǐ lěi

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10234.060:léi,lěi,lèi Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0686.070:lěi Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
213.100:lěi Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
lěi粵leoi5 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ライ ギ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
뢰:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
魯回 落猥 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
OWWW Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2626.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0120.160 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
097.14 272.17 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0577j Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5121
Radical
人 · 9
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
15
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6262

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
儡
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
lwoj · 魯回 · 蟹合一平灰來 · #370
Middle Chinese
lwojX · 落猥 · 蟹合一上灰來 · #1430

PHONO-ML, source line 3235; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
129.504
kDaeJaweon
0254.140
kFennIndex
292.11
kGSR
0577j
kHanYu
10234.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
0254.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10234.060
kIRGKangXi
0120.160
kKangXi
0120.160
kKarlgren
520
kMatthews
4227
kMeyerWempe
1680h
kMorohashi
01249
kNelson
0562
kSBGY
097.14 272.17
kSMSZD2003Index
42.13
kCangjie
OWWW
kFenn
814I
kFourCornerCode
2626.0
kGradeLevel
5
kHKGlyph
0257
kMojiJoho
MJ007167
kPhonetic
841
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-405C
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C077
kIRG_JSource
J0-5134
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-DAA3
kIRG_KSource
K0-566D
kIRG_TSource
T1-7342
kRSUnicode
9.15
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C077
kCCCII
213268
kCNS1986
1-7342
kCNS1992
1-7342
kEACC
213268
kGB0
3260
kGB1
3260
kJis0
4920
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
8079
kTGH
2013:6262
kTaiwanTelegraph
8085
kXerox
260:351
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4203+9.2.15
kCantonese
leoi5
kDefinition
puppet, dummy
kFanqie
魯回 落猥
kHangul
뢰:0N
kHanyuPinyin
10234.060:léi,lěi,lèi
kJapanese
ライ ギ
kJapaneseKun
YABURERU TSUKARERU
kJapaneseOn
RAI
kKorean
LOY
kMandarin
lěi
kSMSZD2003Readings
lěi粵leoi5
kTGHZ2013
213.100:lěi
kXHC1983
0686.070:lěi
kSpecializedSemanticVariant
U+9179<kMeyerWempe

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 儡0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
亻 beside 畾 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰亻畾$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰亻畾$(GHTJKP)

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