禮記

See also: 礼记

Chinese

		gift; propriety; rite	to remember; to note; mark to remember; to note; mark; sign; to record
trad. (禮記)		禮	記
simp. (礼记)		礼	记

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lǐjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁵ gei³
• Eastern Min (BUC): lā̤-gé
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lé-kì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lǐjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lǐjì
    • Wade–Giles: Li³-chi⁴
    • Yale: Lǐ-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Liijih
    • Palladius: Лицзи (Liczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lai⁵ gei³
    • Yale: láih gei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁵ gei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁵ géi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯¹³ kei̯³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lā̤-gé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ɛ³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ɛi²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lé-kì
    • Tâi-lô: Lé-kì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lefkix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ki⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /le⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /le⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lejX kiH

Rime
Character	禮	記
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	盧啓切	居吏切
Baxter	lejX	kiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leiX/	/kɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/leiX/	/kɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛiX/	/kieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjX/	/kɨH/
Li Rong	/leiX/	/kiəH/
Wang Li	/lieiX/	/kĭəH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieiX/	/kiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǐ	jì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lai5	gei3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤijʔ  C.k(r)ə(ʔ)-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*riːʔ  kɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	禮	記
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lǐ	jì
Middle Chinese	‹ lejX ›	‹ kiH ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁijʔ/	/*C.k(r)ə(ʔ)-s/
English	propriety, ceremony	remember; record (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	禮	記
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7839	5768
Phonetic component	豊	己
Rime group	脂	之
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	禮	記
Old Chinese	/*riːʔ/	/*kɯs/

Proper noun

禮記

1. The Book of Rites or Classic of Rites (a classic Confucian text describing the social forms, administration, and ceremonial rites of the Zhou dynasty)

Coordinate terms

四書五經／四书五经 (Sìshūwǔjīng, “Four Books and Five Classics”)

四書／四书 (Sìshū, “Four Books”)

• 大學／大学 (Dàxué, “Great Learning”)
• 中庸 (Zhōngyōng, “Doctrine of the Mean”)
• 論語／论语 (Lúnyǔ, “Analects”)
• 孟子 (Mèngzǐ, “Mencius”)

五經／五经 (Wǔjīng, “Five Classics”)

• 詩經／诗经 (Shījīng, “Classic of Poetry”)
• 書經／书经 (Shūjīng, “Book of Documents”)
• 禮記／礼记 (Lǐjì, “Book of Rites”)
• 易經／易经 (Yìjīng, “I Ching”)
• 春秋 (Chūnqiū, “Spring and Autumn Annals”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
禮	記

Proper noun

禮記 • (Yegi) (hangeul 예기)

1. hanja form^? of 예기 (“Book of Rites”)

Coordinate terms

사서오경 (四書五經, Saseoogyeong, “Four Books and Five Classics”)

사서 (四書, Saseo, “Four Books”)

• 대학 (大學, Daehak, “Great Learning”)
• 중용 (中庸, Jung'yong, “Doctrine of the Mean”)
• 논어 (論語, Noneo, “Analects”)
• 맹자 (孟子, Maengja, “Mencius”)

오경 (五經, Ogyeong, “Five Classics”)

• 시경 (詩經, Sigyeong, “Classic of Poetry”)
• 서경 (書經, Seogyeong, “Book of Documents”)
• 예기 (禮記, Yegi, “Book of Rites”)
• 역경 (易經, Yeokgyeong, “I Ching”)
• 춘추 (春秋, Chunchu, “Spring and Autumn Annals”)