例れい

例れい U+4F8B, 例 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F8B ← 侊 [U+4F8A] CJK Unified Ideographs 侌 → [U+4F8C]

例 U+F9B5, 例 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9B5 ← 領 [U+F9B4] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 禮 → [U+F9B6]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

例れい (Kangxi radical 9, 人ひと+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人ひと一いち弓ゆみ弓ゆみ (OMNN), four-corner 2220₀, composition ⿰亻列れつ)

Derived characters

• 𠅜, 𣈙, 𡂲, 𥵘

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 101, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 587
• Dae Jaweon: page 215, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 146, character 8
• Unihan data for U+4F8B

• Unihan data for U+F9B5

Chinese

trad.		例れい
simp. #		例れい

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 例れい
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05879
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (列れつ) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
例れい	*reds
鮤	*reds, *red
栵	*reds, *red
洌きよし	*reds, *red
銐	*r'eds, *r̥ʰjeds
峛	*relʔ
列れつ	*red
裂きれ	*red
烈れつ	*red
冽きよし	*red
迾	*red
蛚	*red
茢	*red
颲	*red
鴷	*red
挒	*red
姴	*red

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *reds) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 列れつ (OC *red).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ni⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lai⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lai⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): li⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): li

  (Meixian, Guangdong): li⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): li³
• Northern Min (KCR): lī
• Eastern Min (BUC): liê
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lē / lī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶li
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): li⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lì
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴
    • Yale: lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ni⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: li
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lai⁶
    • Yale: laih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lai³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: li⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li
    • Hakka Romanization System: li
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: li⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: li³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /li⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: liê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃iɛ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē
    • Tâi-lô: lē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: le
    • IPA (Xiamen): /le²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /le⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /le³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Zhangpu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī
    • Tâi-lô: lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: li
    • IPA (Zhangpu): /li³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶li
    • MiniDict: li^去さ
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: li⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁴⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 例れい
Mandarin	Beijing	/li⁵¹/
	Harbin	/li⁵³/
	Tianjin	/li⁵³/
	Jinan	/li²¹/
	Qingdao	/li⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/li³¹²/
	Xi'an	/li⁴⁴/
	Xining	/l̩²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/li¹³/
	Lanzhou	/li¹³/
	Ürümqi	/li²¹³/
	Wuhan	/ni³⁵/
	Chengdu	/ni¹³/
	Guiyang	/ni²¹³/
	Kunming	/li²¹²/
	Nanjing	/li⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/zz̩⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/li⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/li³⁵/
	Hohhot	/li⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/liɪʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/li³¹/
	Hangzhou	/li¹³/
	Wenzhou	/li²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/li²²/
	Tunxi	/le¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/li⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/ni⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/li²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/li⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/li⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/lɐi²²/
	Nanning	/lɐi²²/
	Hong Kong	/lɐi²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/le²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/liɛ²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/li⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/li³¹/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/lɔi²³/

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• Middle Chinese: ljejH

Rime
Character	例れい
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	來き (37)
Final (韻いん)	祭まつり (35)
Tone (調しらべ)	Departing (H)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III
Fanqie	力ちから制せい切きり
Baxter	ljejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liajH/
Li Rong	/liɛiH/
Wang Li	/lĭɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	例れい
Reading #	1/1
No.	8121
Phonetic component	列れつ
Rime group	祭まつり
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	例れい
Old Chinese	/*reds/

Definitions

例れい

1. example; instance

   舉例れい／举例れい  ―  jǔlì  ―  to give an example

   以陳ひね先生せんせい為ため例れい／以陈先生せんせい为例れい  ―  yǐ Chén xiānshēng wéi lì  ―  to use the case of Mr. Chen as an example

2. case; instance

   病やまい例れい  ―  bìnglì  ―  medical case

   例れい不ふ十じゅう，法ほう不ふ立だて  ―  lì bù shí, fǎ bù lì  ―  If there are fewer than ten cases, then a rule should not be established based on them.

3. precedent

   先さき例れい  ―  xiānlì  ―  precedent

   破やぶ例れい  ―  pòlì  ―  to grant an exception

4. rule; regulation

   條じょう例れい／条じょう例れい  ―  tiáolì  ―  regulation

   唔啱例れい [Cantonese]  ―  m⁴ ngaam¹ lai⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to violate the regulations

5. regular

   例れい會かい／例れい会かい  ―  lìhuì  ―  regular meeting

6. (literary) to compare; to contrast

Synonyms

• (example):

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• 事例じれい (shìlì)
• 例れい仔こ (Hakka)
• 例れい子こ (lìzi)
• 例證れいしょう／例れい证 (lìzhèng)
• 實例じつれい／实例 (shílì) (actual example)
• 式しき (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 示しめせ例れい (shìlì)

 

• (precedent):

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• 先例せんれい (xiānlì)
• 判例はんれい (pànlì) (law)
• 判決はんけつ先例せんれい／判はん决先例れい (pànjué xiānlì) (law)
• 前例ぜんれい (qiánlì)
• 成なり例れい (chénglì)

 

• (rule):

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• 則のり度ど／则度 (zédù) (literary)
• 守則しゅそく／守まもり则 (shǒuzé)
• 方案ほうあん (fāng'àn)
• 條例じょうれい／条例じょうれい (tiáolì)
• 條規じょうき／条じょう规 (tiáoguī)
• 法度はっと (fǎdù)
• 程度ていど (chéngdù) (archaic)
• 紀綱きこう／纪纲 (jìgāng) (literary)
• 綱目こうもく／纲目 (gāngmù) (Classical Chinese)
• 繩なわ墨すみ／绳墨 (shéngmò) (figurative)
• 規ぶんまわし／规 (literary, or in compounds)
• 規則きそく／规则 (guīzé)
• 規定きてい／规定 (guīdìng)
• 規ぶんまわし條じょう／规条 (guītiáo)
• 規準きじゅん／规准 (guīzhǔn) (literary)
• 規矩きく／规矩 (guījǔ)

 

• (to compare):

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• 對比たいひ／对比 (duìbǐ)
• 對照たいしょう／对照 (duìzhào)
• 擬なずらえ／拟 (nǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 比ひ並なみ／比ひ并 (bī-piâng) (Eastern Min)
• 比ひ對たい／比ひ对 (bǐduì)
• 比ひ擬なずらえ／比ひ拟 (bǐnǐ)
• 比ひ照あきら (bǐzhào)
• 比較ひかく／比ひ较
• 視み／视 (shì) (archaic)
• 進行しんこう比較ひかく／进行比ひ较 (jìnxíng bǐjiào)

 

Compounds

• 一いち例れい (yīlì)
• 下しも不為ふため例れい／下した不ふ为例 (xiàbùwéilì)
• 不ふ成なり比例ひれい (bùchéngbǐlì)
• 事例じれい (shìlì)
• 例れい假かり (lìjià)
• 例れい假かり日び
• 例れい句く (lìjù)
• 例外れいがい (lìwài)
• 例れい如 (lìrú)
• 例れい子こ (lìzi)
• 例年れいねん
• 例會れいかい／例会れいかい (lìhuì)
• 例れい監かん／例れい监
• 例れい行ぎょう (lìxíng)
• 例れい行ぎょう公事こうじ (lìxínggōngshì)
• 例規れいき／例れい规
• 例言れいげん
• 例證れいしょう／例れい证 (lìzhèng)
• 例れい貢みつぎ／例れい贡
• 例題れいだい／例れい题 (lìtí)
• 俗ぞく例れい (súlì)
• 先例せんれい (xiānlì)
• 公おおやけ例れい (gōnglì)
• 凡例はんれい (fánlì)
• 分ぶん例れい
• 刊かん例れい
• 判例はんれい (pànlì)
• 則のり例れい／则例
• 前例ぜんれい (qiánlì)
• 反比例はんぴれい (fǎnbǐlì)
• 古こ例れい
• 史ふみ無む前例ぜんれい／史ふみ无前例ぜんれい (shǐwúqiánlì)
• 向こう例れい
• 品しな例れい
• 國際こくさい慣例かんれい／国くに际惯例れい
• 圖ず例れい／图例 (túlì)
• 契ちぎり文ぶん舉例／契ちぎり文ぶん举例
• 姓名せいめい條例じょうれい／姓名せいめい条例じょうれい
• 定例ていれい (dìnglì)
• 家例かれい
• 實例じつれい／实例 (shílì)
• 常例じょうれい (chánglì)
• 常例じょうれい錢ぜに／常例じょうれい钱
• 年とし例れい
• 往例
• 後こう不為ふため例れい／后きさき不ふ为例
• 律りつ例れい (lǜlì)
• 循例 (xúnlì)
• 恆例こうれい／恒例こうれい (hénglì)
• 惡例あくれい／恶例
• 慣例かんれい／惯例 (guànlì)
• 成なり例れい (chénglì)
• 戰せん例れい／战例 (zhànlì)
• 打破だは慣例かんれい／打破だは惯例
• 按例 (ànlì)
• 按分あんぶん比例ひれい
• 援例 (yuánlì)
• 攀よじ例れい
• 文例ぶんれい
• 易えき例れい
• 有ゆう例れい可か援
• 案あん例れい (ànlì)
• 格かく於成例れい／格かく于成例れい
• 條例じょうれい／条例じょうれい (tiáolì)
• 正比例せいひれい (zhèngbǐlì)
• 比例ひれい (bǐlì)
• 比例ひれい尺じゃく (bǐlìchǐ)
• 沿例
• 法例ほうれい (fǎlì)
• 照あきら例れい (zhàolì)
• 照あきら例話れいわ／照あきら例れい话
• 特例とくれい (tèlì)
• 病やまい例れい (bìnglì)
• 發はつ凡舉例れい／发凡举例
• 破やぶ例れい (pòlì)
• 示しめせ例れい (shìlì)
• 禁きん例れい (jìnlì)
• 範はん例れい／范例 (fànlì)
• 罰ばっ例れい／罚例
• 義ぎ例れい／义例
• 老ろう例れい (lǎolì)
• 舉例／举例 (jǔlì)
• 舉例發はつ凡／举例发凡
• 舊例きゅうれい／旧例きゅうれい (jiùlì)
• 諸しょ如此例れい／诸如此例
• 譜ふ例れい／谱例
• 變へん例れい／变例 (biànlì)
• 通例つうれい (tōnglì)
• 違例いれい／违例 (wéilì)
• 配分はいぶん比例ひれい
• 釋しゃく例れい／释例 (shìlì)
• 金石かねいし例れい
• 開ひらき例れい／开例
• 開ひらき先例せんれい／开先例れい
• 體からだ例れい／体からだ例れい (tǐlì)

 

References

• “例れい”, in 漢語かんご多功たこう能のう字じ庫こ (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港ほんこん中ちゅう文ぶん大學だいがく (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

例れい

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: れ (re)
• Kan-on: れい (rei, Jōyō)
• On: れつ (retsu)
• Kun: たとえる (tatoeru, 例たとえる, Jōyō)、たぐい (tagui, 例れい)、ためし (tameshi, 例れい)

Compounds

Derived terms

• 例れい(れい)外そと(がい) (reigai, “exception”)
• 例れい(れい)規ぶんまわし(き) (reiki)
• 例れい(れい)刻こく(こく) (reikoku)
• 例れい(れい)祭まつり(さい) (reisai)
• 例れい(れい)示しめせ(じ) (reiji, “exemplification; exemplify”)
• 例れい(れい)年とし(ねん) (reinen, “average/usual year”)
• 例れい(れい)文ぶん(ぶん) (reibun, “sample/example sentence”)
• 例れい(れい)話はなし(わ) (reiwa, “illustration, parable”)
• 例会れいかい
• 例題れいだい
• 例れい解かい
• 例月れいげつ
• 例言れいげん
• 例れい時じ
• 例式れいしき
• 例証れいしょう
• 例れい数すう
• 例日れいじつ

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
例れい
れい Grade: 4
kan'on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) れー [réꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ː]

Noun

例れい(れい) • (rei) 

1. a custom, usual practice, habit

   Synonym: 慣例かんれい (kanrei)

   例れい(れい)によって

   rei ni yotte

   as usual

   例れい(れい)に無む(な)く

   rei ni naku

   contrary to habit

   メールで連れん(れん)絡からま(らく)するのが例れい(れい)となっている。

   Mēru de renraku suru no ga rei to natteiru.

   It has become customary practice to correspond by email.

2. a precedent

   例れい(れい)のない出で(で)来き(き)事こと(ごと)

   rei no nai dekigoto

   an unprecedented incident

3. the aforementioned

   例れい(れい)の男おとこ(おとこ)

   rei no otoko

   that man (who we were speaking about)

4. a case, an instance, an illustration, an example

   Synonyms: 一いち例れい (ichirei), たとえ (tatoe)

   例れい(れい)として

   rei to shite

   for instance

   例れい(れい)を示しめせ(しめ)す

   rei o shimesu

   give an example

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
例れい
ためし Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
例たとえし 様よう

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ためし [tàméshíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠me̞ɕi]

Noun

例れい(ためし) • (tameshi) 

1. an instance, an example, a precedent

   Synonyms: 実例じつれい (jitsurei), 先例せんれい (senrei)

   聞(き)いた例れい(ためし)がありません。

   Kīta tameshi ga arimasen.

   I have never heard of such a thing.

Usage notes

The most common reading is れい (rei).

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 例れい (MC ljejH). Recorded as Middle Korean 례〯 (lyěy) (Yale: lyěy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙くんもう字じ會かい / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (initial position)
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [je̞(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [예(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
• (non-initial position)
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾje̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [례]

Hanja

Wikisource

例れい (eumhun 법식(法式ほうしき) 례, word-initial (South Korea) 법식(法式ほうしき) 예)

1. hanja form^? of 례/예 (“example”)
2. hanja form^? of 례/예 (“rule; formalities; process”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 전례 (前例ぜんれい, jeollye)
• 선례 (先例せんれい, seollye)
• 관례 (慣例かんれい, gwallye)
• 차례 (次じ例れい, charye)
• 사례 (事例じれい, sarye)
• 유례 (類例るいれい, yurye)
• 조례 (條例じょうれい, jorye)
• 예외 (例外れいがい, ye'oe)
• 예년 (例年れいねん, yenyeon)
• 비례 (比例ひれい, birye)
• 연례 (年とし例れい, yeollye)
• 예규 (例規れいき, yegyu)
• 범례 (凡例はんれい, beomnye)
• 판례 (判例はんれい, pallye)
• 예시 (例示れいじ, yesi)
• 실례 (實例じつれい, sillye)
• 특례 (特例とくれい, teungnye)
• 예문 (例文れいぶん, yemun)
• 예제 (例題れいだい, yeje)
• 범례 (範はん例れい, beomnye)
• 용례 (用例ようれい, yongnye)
• 이례 (異例いれい, irye)
• 예화 (例話れいわ, yehwa)
• 일례 (一いち例れい, illye)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際こくさい退すさ溪けい學會がっかい 大邱たいきゅう慶けい北きた支部しぶ) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子でんし字典じてん. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

例れい: Hán Nôm readings: lệ

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