李
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Etymology
From 木 ‘tree’ + 子 ‘children’, because of the plum tree's prolific breeding or because it was popular with children.
[edit] Han character
李 (radical 75 木+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木弓木 (DND), four-corner 40407)
- plum tree
- the fruit of the plum
- a surname, listed fourth in the Baijiaxing
[edit] Usage notes
In mainland China or its expatriates, this name is generally romanized "Li" in accordance with the Hanyu Pinyin system. Although an identical transliteration is used in Wade-Giles, similarity to the English name has made the romanization "Lee" more common in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
[edit] References
- KangXi: page 511, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14459
- Dae Jaweon: page 895, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1162, character 8
- Unihan data for U+674E
[edit] Cantonese
[edit] Hanzi
李 (Yale lei5)
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Kanji
李
[edit] Readings
[edit] Noun
李 (hiragana すもも, romaji sumomo)
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Proper noun
- Japanese reading of the Chinese or Korean surname.
- Japanese reading of the Chinese surname.
- Japanese reading of the Korean surname.
[edit] Korean
[edit] Etymology
From Mandarin 李 ("plum").
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Hanja
李
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): (NK) 리, (SK) 이 (revised: Lee, (NK) ri, Rhee, (SK) i, I, McCune-Reischauer: (NK) ri, (SK) i, Yi, Yale: (NK) li, (SK) i)
- Name (hangeul): 자두(Jadu)()
- (North Korea) 리, (South Korea) 이: the second most common surname in Korea
- (North Korea) 리, (South Korea) 이: plum
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Hanzi
李 (pinyin lǐ (li3), Lǐ (Li3), Wade-Giles li3, Li3)
[edit] Middle Chinese
[edit] Han character
李 (*liə̌)
[edit] Min Nan
[edit] Hanzi
李 (POJ Lí)
[edit] Descendants
- (Hokkien dialect) Tagalog: Sy