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罍 · léi

large earthenware wine jar

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
léi
Cantonese
leoi4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

large earthenware wine jar

Dictionary definitions & readings

罍 léi · large earthenware wine jar

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

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
52939.170:léi Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0685.050:léi Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
213.020:léi Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
léi粵leoi4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ライ レ ルイ さかだる Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
뢰:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
魯回 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
WWWU Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6077.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0946.080 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
097.18 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0577l Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7F4D
Radical
缶 · 121
Strokes
21
Residual strokes
15
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #8080

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

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

PHONO-ML, source line 3238; 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
1064.301
kDaeJaweon
1387.010
kGSR
0577l
kHanYu
52939.170
kIRGDaeJaweon
1387.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
52939.170
kIRGKangXi
0946.080
kKangXi
0946.080
kMatthews
4234
kMeyerWempe
1675j
kMorohashi
28187
kSBGY
097.18
kSMSZD2003Index
535.01 442.14
kCangjie
WWWU
kFourCornerCode
6077.2
kMojiJoho
MJ020522
kPhonetic
841
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
BTJ
kIRG_GSource
G3-6341
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F5ED
kIRG_JSource
J0-6623
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6882
kIRG_KSource
K1-5F2D
kIRG_TSource
T2-6B7B
kRSUnicode
121.15
kTotalStrokes
21
kBigFive
F5ED
kCCCII
22742F
kCNS1986
2-6B7B
kCNS1992
2-6B7B
kEACC
22742F
kGB3
6733
kGB8
9404
kJis0
7003
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4982
kTGH
2013:8080
kTaiwanTelegraph
4982
kXerox
300:247
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6160+121.6.15
kCantonese
leoi4
kDefinition
large earthenware wine jar
kFanqie
魯回
kHangul
뢰:1N
kHanyuPinyin
52939.170:léi
kJapanese
ライ レ ルイ さかだる
kJapaneseKun
SAKADARU
kJapaneseOn
RAI
kKorean
LOY
kMandarin
léi
kSMSZD2003Readings
léi粵leoi4
kTGHZ2013
213.020:léi
kTang
luəi
kXHC1983
0685.050:léi

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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2dictionary records using 罍0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱畾缶$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.