利

利 U+5229, 利
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5229
← 刨
[U+5228] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 刪 →
[U+522A]

Translingual
Stroke order

Han character

利 (radical 18, 刀+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹木中弓 (HDLN), four-corner 22900, composition ⿰禾刂)

Derived characters

Descendants

References
  • KangXi: page 138, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1932
  • Dae Jaweon: page 313, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 329, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5229

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 利

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 利
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (利) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
犂
黎 *riːl
莉 *riːl, *r'il, *r'i
黧 *riːl
鯬 *riːl, *ril
筣 *riːl, *ri
蔾 *riːl, *ril
藜 *riːl
邌 *riːl
瓈 *riːl
鵹 *rel
棃 *ril
梨 *ril
蟍 *ril
蜊 *ril
鑗 *ril
利 *rids
痢 *rids
浰 *riːns

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 禾 (“grain”) + 刀 (“knife”) – to reap grain (禾) with a knife (刀).

Pronunciation
Note: lê - sense “sharp” only.
Note:
  • lāi - vernacular;
  • lī - literary.
Rime
Character 利
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 脂 (15)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 力至切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /liɪH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /liH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ljɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /liH/
Li
Rong		 /liH/
Wang
Li		 /liH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /liH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lì
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 利
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 lì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ lijH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*C.ri[t]-s/
English sharp; profit

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 利
Reading # 1/1
No. 7898
Phonetic
component		 利
Rime
group		 至
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 利
Old
Chinese		 /*rids/

Definitions

利

  1. benefit; advantage
  2. (finance) interest
  3. to benefit; to be beneficial to
  4. favourable; successful
  5. sharp; sharp-edged
  6. A surname​.

Compounds
Derived terms from 利

Japanese

Kanji
利

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology
Kanji in this term
利
り
Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 利 (lijH, “profit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

利 (hiragana り, rōmaji ri)

  1. profit, benefit

Antonyms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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

Korean

Hanja

利 • (ri>i) (hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune–Reischauer ri>i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

利: Hán Việt readings: lợi[1][2][3]
利: Nôm readings: lời[1][2][3][4], lợi[1][2][3], rời[1][2], rơi[1], ráy[1], lì[3]

  1. Hán tự form of lợi (“profit”).
  2. Nôm form of lời (“profit; interest”).

References
  1. Nguyễn (2014).
  2. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. Trần (2004).
  4. Hồ (1976).
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