肋

肋	U+808B, 肋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-808B

← 肊
[U+808A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

肌 →
[U+808C]

Translingual

Han character

肋 (radical 130 肉+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 月大尸 (BKS), four-corner 7422₇, composition ⿰⺼力)

References

KangXi: page 973, character 5

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29239

Dae Jaweon: page 1424, character 6

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2043, character 10

Unihan data for U+808B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		肋

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 肋
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (力) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
勒	*rɯːɡ
肋	*rɯːɡ
扐	*rɯːɡ
仂	rɯːɡ, rɯɡ
艻	*rɯːɡ
朸	rɯːɡ, rɯɡ
玏	*rɯːɡ
泐	rɯːɡ, rɯɡ
阞	*rɯːɡ
竻	*rɯːɡ
力	*rɯɡ
屴	*rɯɡ
鳨	*rɯɡ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lèi, lè

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˋ, ㄌㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): laak⁶, lak⁶
Min Nan (POJ): lia̍k / le̍k / liak

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: lèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˋ
  - Wade–Giles: lei⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ley
  - IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: lè
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ
  - Wade–Giles: lê⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leh
  - IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: laak⁶, lak⁶
  - Yale: laahk, lahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laak⁹, lak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lag⁶, leg⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑːk̚²/, /lɐk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: lia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k
  - Tâi-lô: li̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lek
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liak
  - Tâi-lô: liak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚⁵/

Note:

lia̍k/le̍k - literary;
liak - vernacular (俗).

Middle Chinese: /lək̚/▼

Rime
Character	肋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧則切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lək̚/
Li Rong	/lək̚/
Wang Li	/lək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/lək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lè

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤək/

(Zhengzhang): /*rɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	肋
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lèi
Middle Chinese	‹ lok ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˤək/
English	rib
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	肋
Reading #	1/1
No.	7845
Phonetic component	力
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	勒
Old Chinese	/*rɯːɡ/

Definitions

肋

rib

Compounds

味如雞肋／味如鸡肋
粗肋草
肋巴扇兒／肋巴扇儿
肋條／肋条
肋窩／肋窝

肋筋
肋膜
肋膜炎
肋部
肋間肌／肋间肌

肋骨 (lèigǔ)
肋骨舉肌／肋骨举肌
銅筋鐵肋／铜筋铁肋
雞肋／鸡肋 (jīlèi)
雞肋尊拳／鸡肋尊拳

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lē (le¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄜ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lē
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄜ
  - Wade–Giles: lê¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhe
  - IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵⁵/

Definitions

肋

Only used in 肋脦.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 肋 – see 筋 (“tendon; sinew; muscle; etc.”). (This character, 肋, is a variant form of 筋.)

Japanese

Kanji

肋

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

rib

Readings

Goon: ろく (roku)
Kan’on: ろく (roku)
Kun: あばら (abara, 肋); ばら (bara, 肋)

Compounds

肋 (ろっ)間 (かん) (rokkan): intercostal
肋 (ろっ)間 (かん)神 (しん)経 (けい) (rokkan shinkei): intercostal nerves
肋 (ろっ)間 (かん)神 (しん)経 (けい)痛 (つう) (rokkan shinkeitsū): intercostal neuralgia
肋筋 (あばらきん) (abarakin): in reinforced concrete, the box-shaped rebar connecting the main vertical support rebar: the ribs of the structure
肋骨 (ろっこつ) (rokkotsu): あばらぼね, abarabone}}: rib, costa
肋材 (ろくざい) (rokuzai): the ribs of a ship, extending upwards from the keel to the gunwale and supporting the hull

肋軟骨 (ろくなんこつ) (rokunankotsu): the costal cartilage connecting the ribs and the sternum
肋肉 (ばらにく) (baraniku): rib meat, generally beef or pork
肋板 (ろくばん) (rokuban): a turtle's plastron; a thwart: a steel plate or similar support running from port to starboard between the ribs of a ship to strengthen the hull
肋膜 (ろくまく) (rokumaku): the pleura
肋膜炎 (ろくまくえん) (rokumakuen): pleurisy, pleuritis
肋木 (ろくぼく) (rokuboku) wall bars, a kind of exercise equipment

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
肋
あばら Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

By extension from 荒, 荒ら (abara), "loosely spaced with sizable gaps", itself possibly related to the root ばら (bara), "scattered".

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) あばら [àbárá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
- IPA^(key): [a̠ba̠ɾa̠]

Noun

肋 (hiragana あばら, rōmaji abara)

short for 肋骨 (abarabone): rib (body part)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
肋
ばら Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Shortened from あばら (abara).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ばら [báꜜrà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ba̠ɾa̠]

Noun

肋 (hiragana ばら, katakana バラ, rōmaji bara)

short for 肋肉 (baraniku): rib (meat, generally beef or pork)

Usage notes

This word is more often spelled in hiragana as ばら or in katakana as バラ.

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

肋 • (reuk>neuk) (hangeul 륵>늑, revised reuk>neuk, McCune–Reischauer rŭk>nŭk, Yale luk>nuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

肋 (lặc)

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[DJR-1] 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN