Translingual

Han character

訳 (radical 149 言+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜口尸人 (YRSO), composition ⿰言尺)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1152, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35324
• Dae Jaweon: page 1618, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 6, page 3951, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8A33

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 譯)

Readings

• Goon: やく (yaku)
• Kan’on: えき (eki)
• Kun: わけ (wake), とく (toku)

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ke̞]

Noun

訳 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 譯, hiragana わけ, romaji wake)

1. conclusion
2. meaning, sense

   訳 (わけ)ではない

   wake de wa nai

   it is not because ..., it is not the case that ...

   わけじゃない

   wake ja nai

   it is not because ..., it is not the case that ...

3. reason (for), cause
4. circumstances

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ja̠kɯᵝ]

Noun

訳 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 譯, hiragana やく, romaji yaku)

1. translation

Verb

訳する ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 譯, hiragana やくする, romaji yaku suru)

1. to translate

Conjugation

Compounds

• 訳語 (やくご) ‎(yakugo, “translated word”)
• 訳者 (やくしゃ) ‎(yakusha, “translator”)
• 翻訳 (ほんやく) ‎(hon'yaku, “translation”)
• 通訳 (つうやく) ‎(tsūyaku, “interpreting”)
• 意訳 (いやく) ‎(iyaku, “free translation, liberal translation”)
• 直訳 (ちょくやく) ‎(chokuyaku, “literal translation”)
• 和訳 (わやく) ‎(wayaku, “Japanese translation”)