高麗

See also: 高丽

Chinese
high; tall beautiful; Korea
trad. (高麗) 高 麗
simp. (高丽) 高 丽

Etymology

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 高 麗 麗
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 來 (37) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 豪 (89) 支 (11) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) I III IV
Fanqie 古勞切 呂支切 郎計切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kɑu/ /liᴇ/ /leiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kɑu/ /liɛ/ /leiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kɑu/ /ljɛ/ /lɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kaw/ /liə̆/ /lɛjH/
Li
Rong		 /kɑu/ /lie/ /leiH/
Wang
Li		 /kɑu/ /lǐe/ /lieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kɑu/ /lie̯/ /lieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 gāo lí lì
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 高 麗
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 gāo lì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kaw › ‹ lejH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*Cə.[k]ˁaw/ /*[r]ˁe-s/
English high, tall symmetrical

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 高 麗 麗
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
No. 3726 7914 7917
Phonetic
component		 高 丽 丽
Rime
group		 宵 歌 歌
Rime
subdivision		 1 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 髙 麗 離
Old
Chinese		 /*kaːw/ /*reːls/ /*rel/

Proper noun

高麗

  1. (historical) Goryeo

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

高麗

  1. (Min Nan) Korean ginseng

Synonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
高 麗
こう > こ
Grade: 2		 ま
Grade: S
Irregular

⟨ko2ma⟩ → */kwoma/ → /koma/

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[1]

Ultimate derivation unknown.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Prefix

高麗 (hiragana こま, rōmaji koma-)

  1. indicates something that was originally imported via the Korean Peninsula
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 独 (こ)楽 (ま) (koma): a top (a spinning toy)
  • 高 (こ)麗 (ま)人 (うど) (komaudo): a person from the Goguryeo or Goryeo kingdoms on the Korean peninsula
  • 高 (こ)麗 (ま)楽 (がく), 狛 (こま)楽 (がく) (komagaku): a kind of traditional court music originally imported via the Korean Peninsula
  • 高 (こ)麗 (ま)錦 (にしき), 狛 (こま)錦 (にしき) (komanishiki): a kind of lace originally imported via the Korean Peninsula
  • 高 (こ)麗 (ま)剣 (つるぎ), 狛 (こま)剣 (つるぎ) (komatsurugi): a kind of sword originally imported via the Korean Peninsula

Proper noun

高麗 (hiragana こま, rōmaji Koma)

  1. (historical) the Goguryeo kingdom, located on the Korean Peninsula 37 BCE–668 CE
  2. (archaic) Korea, the Korean Peninsula (used more commonly in compounds than as a standalone term)
  3. (historical) a county in Saitama Prefecture (originally settled in the mid-600s CE by immigrants from the Korean Peninsula; abolished as an administrative entity in 1896)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
高 麗
こう
Grade: 2		 らい
Grade: S
on’yomi

Borrowing from Middle Korean. Cognate with modern Korean 고려 (goryeo) and English Korea.

Appears with this reading in The Pillow Book, completed in the early 1000s CE.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

高麗 (hiragana こうらい, rōmaji Kōrai, historical hiragana かうらい)

  1. (historical) the Goryeo kingdom, located on the Korean Peninsula 918–1392 CE
Derived terms
Derived terms

References
  1. c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3465), text [jti.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/manyoshu/Man14Yo.html#3465 here]
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
高麗

Proper noun

高麗 • (goryeo) (hangeul 고려)

  1. Hanja form? of 고려 (“Goryeo”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
高麗

Proper noun

高麗

  1. Hán tự form of Cao Li (“Goryeo”).
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