黧

黧 · lí

a dark, yellowish colour

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
lí
Cantonese
lai4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a dark, yellowish colour

Dictionary definitions & readings

黧 lí · dark; sallow color

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74751.040:lí,lái Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0692.100:lí Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
215.170:lí Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
lí粵lai4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
リ レイ ライ きぐろ くろい まだら Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
郎奚 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HHWGF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2733.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1520.350 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
087.07 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0519j Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9EE7
Radical
黑 · 203
Strokes
20
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6437

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

20 strokes
黧
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
lej · 郎奚 · 蟹開四平齊來 · #298

PHONO-ML, source line 2761; 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
1563.601
kDaeJaweon
2055.170
kFennIndex
295.04
kGSR
0519j
kHanYu
74751.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
2055.170
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74751.040
kIRGKangXi
1520.350
kKangXi
1520.350
kMatthews
3878
kMorohashi
48131
kSBGY
087.07
kSMSZD2003Index
826.09
kCangjie
HHWGF
kFenn
511I
kFourCornerCode
2733.1
kMojiJoho
MJ029922
kPhonetic
791
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7773
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F5B6
kIRG_JSource
J14-7E5C
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-910D
kIRG_KSource
K2-743B
kIRG_TSource
T2-6B44
kRSUnicode
203.8
kTotalStrokes
20
kBigFive
F5B6
kCCCII
235E5C
kCNS1986
2-6B44
kCNS1992
2-6B44
kEACC
235E5C
kGB0
8783
kGB1
8783
kJIS0213
2,94,60
kJis1
7687
kMainlandTelegraph
7824
kTGH
2013:6437
kTaiwanTelegraph
7824
kXerox
301:113
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15368+203.12.8
kCantonese
lai4
kDefinition
a dark, yellowish colour
kFanqie
郎奚
kHanyuPinyin
74751.040:lí,lái
kJapanese
リ レイ ライ きぐろ くろい まだら
kJapaneseKun
KUROI
kJapaneseOn
REI RAI RI
kKorean
LI LYE LAY
kMandarin
lí
kSMSZD2003Readings
lí粵lai4
kTGHZ2013
215.170:lí
kXHC1983
0692.100:lí

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 黧0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱𥝢黑$(GHTJKP)

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