羸

羸 · léi

weak, lean, emaciated, exhausted

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
léi
Cantonese
leoi4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

weak, lean, emaciated, exhausted

Dictionary definitions & readings

羸 léi · entangled; lean

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
32122.190:léi,lián Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0684.090:léi Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
213.010:léi Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
léi粵leoi4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ルイ レン つかれる よわい Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
리:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
力爲 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
YRBTN Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
0021.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0954.240 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
043.06 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0014c Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7FB8
Radical
羊 · 123
Strokes
19
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6410

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

19 strokes
羸
Strokes
19
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

19 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
ljwe · 力爲 · 止合三平支來 · #97

PHONO-ML, source line 829; 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
1073.201
kDaeJaweon
1399.180
kFennIndex
292.05
kGSR
0014c
kHanYu
32122.190
kIRGDaeJaweon
1399.180
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
32122.190
kIRGKangXi
0954.240
kKangXi
0954.240
kMatthews
4240
kMeyerWempe
1675i
kMorohashi
28583 28583:E0101
kNelson
0338
kSBGY
043.06
kSMSZD2003Index
539.11 16.28
kCangjie
YRBTN
kFenn
151I
kFourCornerCode
0021.7
kHKGlyph
3207
kMojiJoho
MJ020647 MJ020647:E0101 MJ020648:E0102
kPhonetic
827
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTHKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-597A
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C3BD
kIRG_JSource
J0-6640
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-D9DE
kIRG_KSource
K0-5768
kIRG_TSource
T1-7868
kRSUnicode
123.13
kTotalStrokes
19
kBigFive
C3BD
kCCCII
215246
kCNS1986
1-7868
kCNS1992
1-7868
kEACC
215246
kGB0
5790
kGB1
5790
kJis0
7032
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5035
kTGH
2013:6410
kTaiwanTelegraph
5035
kXerox
267:343
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6189+123.6.13
kCantonese
leoi4
kDefinition
weak, lean, emaciated, exhausted
kFanqie
力爲
kHangul
리:0N
kHanyuPinyin
32122.190:léi,lián
kJapanese
ルイ レン つかれる よわい
kJapaneseKun
TSUKARERU YOWAI
kJapaneseOn
RUI
kKorean
LI
kMandarin
léi
kSMSZD2003Readings
léi粵leoi4
kTGHZ2013
213.010:léi
kTang
liuɛ
kXHC1983
0684.090:léi

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 羸0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below
⿲ Three columns

Shape description
吂 above (月 beside 羊 beside 凡) · the shape used in China, South Korea, North Korea, United Kingdom (as a variant)
Source notation ^⿱吂⿲月羊凡$(GKP[B])
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱吂⿲月羊凡$(GKP[B])

^⿱吂⿲⺼羊{10}$(HT) · preserved, not fully parsed

^⿱吂⿲月羊{10}$(J) · preserved, not fully parsed

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