醴

醴 · lǐ

sweet wine; sweet spring

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
lǐ
Cantonese
lai5
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

sweet wine; sweet spring

Dictionary definitions & readings

醴 lǐ · sweet wine

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63600.020:lǐ Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0695.070:lǐ Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
216.090:lǐ Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
lǐ粵lai5 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
レイ ライ リ あまざけ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
례:0N 예:0 Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
盧啓 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MWTWT Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1561.8 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1288.100 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
268.17 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0597e Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+91B4
Radical
酉 · 164
Strokes
20
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6424

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

20 strokes
醴
Strokes
20
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

20 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
lejX · 盧啓 · 蟹開四上齊來 · #1393

PHONO-ML, source line 9882; 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
1355.602
kDaeJaweon
1788.300
kGSR
0597e
kHanYu
63600.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
1788.300
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63600.020
kIRGKangXi
1288.100
kKangXi
1288.100
kKarlgren
538
kMatthews
3887
kMorohashi
40053
kSBGY
268.17
kSMSZD2003Index
713.12
kCangjie
MWTWT
kFourCornerCode
1561.8
kMojiJoho
MJ026559
kPhonetic
771
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-7537
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C4BF
kIRG_JSource
J0-6E54
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-DAA2
kIRG_KSource
K0-564A
kIRG_TSource
T1-7A4A
kRSUnicode
164.13
kTotalStrokes
20
kBigFive
C4BF
kCCCII
23414B
kCNS1986
1-7A4A
kCNS1992
1-7A4A
kEACC
23414B
kGB0
8523
kGB1
8523
kJis0
7852
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
6833
kTGH
2013:6424
kTaiwanTelegraph
6833
kXerox
275:263
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6961+164.7.13 V+13618+164.7.13
kCantonese
lai5
kDefinition
sweet wine; sweet spring
kFanqie
盧啓
kHangul
례:0N 예:0
kHanyuPinyin
63600.020:lǐ
kJapanese
レイ ライ リ あまざけ
kJapaneseKun
AMAZAKE
kJapaneseOn
REI RAI
kKorean
LYEY
kMandarin
lǐ
kSMSZD2003Readings
lǐ粵lai5
kTGHZ2013
216.090:lǐ
kXHC1983
0695.070:lǐ

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰酉豊$(GHTJKP)

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