篥

篥 · lì

bugle; Tatar horn

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
lì
Cantonese
leot6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

bugle; Tatar horn

Dictionary definitions & readings

篥 lì · bamboos good for poles; horn

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
52999.140:lì Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0697.100:lì Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
218.220:lì Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
lì粵leot6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
リツ リチ リキ Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
sặt Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
力質 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HMWD Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
8890.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0894.370 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
469.58 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7BE5
Radical
竹 · 118
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6125

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
篥
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 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
lit · 力質 · 臻開三入眞來 · #3297

PHONO-ML, source line 16996; 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
1019.604
kDaeJaweon
1322.020
kHanYu
52999.140
kIRGDaeJaweon
1322.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
52999.140
kIRGKangXi
0894.370
kKangXi
0894.370
kMatthews
3929
kMorohashi
26352
kNelson
3429
kSBGY
469.58
kSMSZD2003Index
505.06
kCangjie
HMWD
kFourCornerCode
8890.4
kMojiJoho
MJ019621
kPhonetic
859
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
CJ
kIRG_GSource
G0-7376
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EABC
kIRG_JSource
J0-6445
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-64B7
kIRG_KSource
K2-5052
kIRG_TSource
T2-5928
kIRG_VSource
V1-622D
kRSUnicode
118.10
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EABC
kCCCII
226D24
kCNS1986
2-5928
kCNS1992
2-5928
kEACC
226D24
kGB0
8386
kGB1
8386
kJis0
6837
kMainlandTelegraph
9018
kTGH
2013:6125
kTaiwanTelegraph
8943
kXerox
305:175
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6006+118.6.10
kCantonese
leot6
kDefinition
bugle; Tatar horn
kFanqie
力質
kHanyuPinyin
52999.140:lì
kJapanese
リツ リチ リキ
kJapaneseOn
RITSU RICHI
kKorean
LYUL
kMandarin
lì
kSMSZD2003Readings
lì粵leot6
kTGHZ2013
218.220:lì
kVietnamese
sặt
kXHC1983
0697.100:lì

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 篥0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
𥫗 above 栗 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱𥫗栗$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱𥫗栗$(GHTJKPV)

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