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繹

繹

See also: 绎

Translingual

Han character

繹 (radical 120 糸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 女火田中十 (VFWLJ), four-corner 26941, composition ⿰糹睪)

References

  • KangXi: page 941, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27975
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1380, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3459, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+7E79

Chinese

trad. 繹
simp. 绎

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (睪) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
斁 *ʔl'aːɡs, *l'aːɡs, *laːɡ
籜 *l̥ʰaːɡ
蘀 *l̥ʰaːɡ
鐸 *l'aːɡ
凙 *l'aːɡ
襗 *l'aːɡ, *rlaːɡ, *laːɡ
擇 *rlaːɡ
澤 *rlaːɡ
鸅 *rlaːɡ
蠌 *rlaːɡ
檡 *rlaːɡ, *hljaɡ
釋 *hljaɡ
繹 *laːɡ
睪 *neb, *laːɡ
譯 *laːɡ
嶧 *laːɡ
懌 *laːɡ
驛 *laːɡ
醳 *laːɡ
圛 *laːɡ
墿 *laːɡ
燡 *laːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *laːɡ) : semantic 糸 ‎(“silk”) + phonetic 睪 ‎(OC *neb, *laːɡ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 繹
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 繹
Reading # 1/1
No. 15136
Phonetic
component		 睪
Rime
group		 鐸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 繹
Old
Chinese		 /*laːɡ/

Definitions

繹

  1. to unravel or unreel silk
  2. to interpret, explain

Japanese

Kanji

繹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

繹 • ‎(yeok) (hangeul 역, revised yeok, McCune-Reischauer yŏk, Yale yek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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