麗

Glyph origin
– a deer with antlers.

Etymology
minimally reconstructed this word's OC pronunciation as *rêh and considered it a possible allofam of "number" < "what is calculated", exopassive derivative of  "to calculate".

麗 underwent this historical semantic shift: from "a pair", to "mate, companion" , to "paired", to "well-proportioned" , and finally to "elegant, beautiful"  as well as "refinement".

Definitions

 * 1) beautiful; lovely; pretty; fair; elegant
 * 2) to adhere; to attach to

Kanji

 * 1) lovely
 * 2) beautiful
 * 3) graceful
 * 4) resplendent

Readings
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Compounds

 * : beauty
 * : speaking elegantly, speaking clearly, speaking innocently