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例

例 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

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Stroke order
 

Han character

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例 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人一弓弓 (OMNN), four-corner 22200, composition ⿰亻列)

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

Chinese

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trad. 例
simp. # 例

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 例
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
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) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
例 *reds
鮤 *reds, *red
栵 *reds, *red
洌 *reds, *red
銐 *r'eds, *r̥ʰjeds
峛 *relʔ
列 *red
裂 *red
烈 *red
冽 *red
迾 *red
蛚 *red
茢 *red
颲 *red
鴷 *red
挒 *red
姴 *red

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *reds) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 列 (OC *red).

Pronunciation

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  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 例
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/
Rime
Character 例
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 祭 (35)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 力制切
Baxter ljejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/liᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/liɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ljæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/liajH/
Li
Rong 		/liɛiH/
Wang
Li 		/lĭɛiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/li̯ɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lai6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 例
Reading # 1/1
No. 8121
Phonetic
component 		列
Rime
group 		祭
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		例
Old
Chinese 		/*reds/

Definitions

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例

  1. example; instance
    舉例／举例  ―  jǔlì  ―  to give an example
    以陳先生為例／以陈先生为例  ―  yǐ Chén xiānshēng wéi lì  ―  to use the case of Mr. Chen as an example
  2. case; instance
    病例  ―  bìnglì  ―  medical case
    例不十，法不立  ―  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
    先例  ―  xiānlì  ―  precedent
    破例  ―  pòlì  ―  to grant an exception
  4. rule; regulation
    條例／条例  ―  tiáolì  ―  regulation
    唔啱例 [Cantonese]  ―  m4 ngaam1 lai6 [Jyutping]  ―  to violate the regulations
  5. regular
    例會／例会  ―  lìhuì  ―  regular meeting
  6. (literary) to compare; to contrast

Synonyms

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  • (example):
  • (precedent):
  • (rule):
  • (to compare):

Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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例

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Compounds
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Derived terms

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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例(れい) • (rei) 

  1. a custom, usual practice, habit
    Synonym: 慣例 (kanrei)
    例(れい)によって
    rei ni yotte
    as usual
    例(れい)に無(な)く
    rei ni naku
    contrary to habit
    メールで連(れん)絡(らく)するのが例(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)のない出(で)来(き)事(ごと)
    rei no nai dekigoto
    an unprecedented incident
  3. the aforementioned
    例(れい)の男(おとこ)
    rei no otoko
    that man (who we were speaking about)
  4. a case, an instance, an illustration, an example
    Synonyms: 一例 (ichirei), たとえ (tatoe)
    例(れい)として
    rei to shite
    for instance
    例(れい)を示(しめ)す
    rei o shimesu
    give an example

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
例
ためし
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
例し
様

Pronunciation

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Noun

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例(ためし) • (tameshi) 

  1. an instance, an example, a precedent
    Synonyms: 実例 (jitsurei), 先例 (senrei)
    聞(き)いた例(ためし)がありません。
    Kīta tameshi ga arimasen.
    I have never heard of such a thing.
Usage notes
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The most common reading is れい (rei).

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 例 (MC ljejH). Recorded as Middle Korean 례〯 (lyěy) (Yale: lyěy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

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  • (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)

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

例 (eumhun 법식(法式) 례, word-initial (South Korea) 법식(法式) 예)

  1. hanja form? of [[례/예#Korean:_例|례/예]] (“example”)
  2. hanja form? of [[례/예#Korean:_例|례/예]] (“rule; formalities; process”)

Compounds

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Compounds

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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例: Hán Nôm readings: lệ

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