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弈
弈
Translingual
Han character
弈 (radical 55 廾+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜金廿 (YCT), four-corner 00443, composition ⿱亦廾)
References
- KangXi: page 354, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9611
- Dae Jaweon: page 669, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 517, character 2
- Unihan data for U+5F08
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
弈 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 弈
| |
|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (亦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 夜 | *laːɡs |
| 鵺 | *laːɡs |
| 迹 | *ʔsleːɡ |
| 跡 | *ʔsleːɡ |
| 亦 | *laːɡ |
| 弈 | *laːɡ |
| 奕 | *laːɡ |
| 帟 | *laːɡ |
| 腋 | *laːɡ |
| 掖 | *laːɡ |
| 焲 | *laːɡ |
| 液 | *laːɡ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
- Wade-Giles: i4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
- IPA (key): /i⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jik6
- Yale: yihk
- Cantonese Pinyin: jik9
- IPA (key): /jɪk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
- Hakka Romanization System: id
- Hagfa Pinyim: yid6
- IPA: /it̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)id
- Hagfa Pinyim: yid6
- IPA: /(j)it̚⁵/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍k
- Tâi-lô: i̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: ek
- IPA (Xiamen): /iɪk̚⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪk̚²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /iɪk̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 弈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 昔 (123) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 羊益切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/jiᴇk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/jiɛk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/iæk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/jiajk̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/iɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/jĭɛk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/i̯ɛk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yì |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 弈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yì |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ yek › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[ɢ](r)Ak/ |
| English | uneasy |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 弈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14997 |
| Phonetic component |
亦 |
| Rime group |
鐸 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
繹 |
| Old Chinese |
/*laːɡ/ |
Definitions
弈
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Korean
Hanja
弈 • (hyeok) (hangeul 혁, revised hyeok, McCune-Reischauer hyŏk, Yale hyek)
- Chinese chess
Vietnamese
Han character
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