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劇
劇
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See also: 剧
Translingual
Han character
劇 (radical 18 刀+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input X卜人中弓 (XYOLN) or 卜人中弓 (YOLN), four-corner 22200, composition ⿰豦刂)
References
- KangXi: page 144, character 34
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2218
- Dae Jaweon: page 325, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 358, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5287
Chinese
| trad. | 劇 | |
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| simp. | 剧 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (虍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 唬 | *qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ |
| 戲 | *qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː |
| 巇 | *qʰra |
| 隵 | *qʰra |
| 嚱 | *qʰras |
| 盧 | *b·raː |
| 鑪 | *raː |
| 壚 | *raː |
| 籚 | *raː |
| 蘆 | *raː, *ra |
| 顱 | *b·raː |
| 髗 | *b·raː |
| 鱸 | *raː |
| 攎 | *raː |
| 櫨 | *raː |
| 轤 | *raː |
| 黸 | *raː |
| 獹 | *raː |
| 鸕 | *raː |
| 艫 | *raː |
| 纑 | *raː |
| 瀘 | *raː |
| 瓐 | *raː |
| 爐 | *raː |
| 嚧 | *raː |
| 矑 | *b·raː |
| 罏 | *raː |
| 蠦 | *raː |
| 虜 | *raːʔ |
| 擄 | *raːʔ |
| 艣 | *raːʔ |
| 鐪 | *raːʔ |
| 虖 | *qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa |
| 虍 | *qʰaː |
| 雐 | *qʰʷlaː |
| 虎 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 琥 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 萀 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 臚 | *b·ra |
| 廬 | *ra |
| 驢 | *b·ra |
| 藘 | *ra |
| 爈 | *ra, *ras |
| 櫖 | *ra, *ras |
| 儢 | *raʔ |
| 慮 | *ras |
| 勴 | *ras |
| 鑢 | *ras |
| 濾 | *ras |
| 攄 | *r̥ʰa |
| 處 | *kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas |
| 豦 | *kas, *ɡa |
| 據 | *kas |
| 鐻 | *kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ |
| 澽 | *kas, *ɡas |
| 虛 | *kʰa, *qʰa |
| 墟 | *kʰa |
| 懅 | *ɡa |
| 蘧 | *ɡa, *ɡʷa |
| 籧 | *ɡa |
| 醵 | *ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ |
| 璩 | *ɡa |
| 虡 | *ɡaʔ |
| 遽 | *ɡas |
| 勮 | *ɡas |
| 嘘 | *qʰa, *qʰas |
| 驉 | *qʰa |
| 歔 | *qʰa |
| 魖 | *qʰa |
| 膚 | *pla |
| 虧 | *kʰʷral |
| 噱 | *ɡaɡ |
| 臄 | *ɡaɡ |
| 劇 | *ɡaɡ |
| 諕 | *qʰʷraːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡaɡ) : phonetic 豦 (OC *kas, *ɡa) + semantic 刀 (“knife”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): kek6
- Min Dong (BUC): giók / kiŏk
- Min Nan
- Wu (Wiktionary): jjiq (T5); jjiaq (T5)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
- Wade-Giles: chü4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiw
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
- Wade-Giles: chih2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: kek6
- Yale: kehk
- Cantonese Pinyin: kek9
- IPA (key): /kʰɛːk̚²/
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- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: giók / kiŏk
- IPA (key): /kyɔʔ²⁴/, /kʰyoʔ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke̍k / khia̍k / kia̍k / kio̍k
- Tâi-lô: ki̍k / khia̍k / kia̍k / kio̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: kek, qiak, kiak, kiok
- IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪk̚⁴/, /kʰiak̚⁴/, /kiak̚⁴/, /kiɔk̚⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪk̚²⁴/, /kʰiak̚²⁴/, /kiak̚²⁴/, /kiɔk̚²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚¹²¹/, /kʰiak̚¹²¹/, /kiak̚¹²¹/, /kiɔk̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /kiɪk̚⁴/, /kʰiak̚⁴/, /kiak̚⁴/, /kiɔk̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚⁴/, /kʰiak̚⁴/, /kiak̚⁴/, /kiɔk̚⁴/
- Note: kio̍k - common variant.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: giah8
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kia̍h
- IPA (key): /kiaʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: jjiq (T5); jjiaq (T5)
- IPA (key): /d̥͡ʑi̯ɪʔ¹²/, /d̥͡ʑiᴀʔ¹²/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
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| Character | 劇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 陌 (115) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 奇逆切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɡˠiæk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɡᵚiak̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɡiak̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/giajk̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɡiɐk̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɡĭɐk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/giɐk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jí |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 劇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5282 |
| Phonetic component |
虍 |
| Rime group |
鐸 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
劇 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡaɡ/ |
Definitions
劇
- †many; diverse; numerous
- †great; powerful
- †severe; acute; intense
- †hard; difficult
- †fortress; stronghold
- †fast; rapid
- † to play and joke
- theatrical work; play; opera; drama (Classifier: 部 m)
- A surname.
Synonyms
Compounds
Derived terms from 劇
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Japanese
Kanji
劇
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Readings
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 劇 |
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げき Grade: 6 |
| kan'yōon |
From Middle Chinese 劇.
Pronunciation
Noun
Derived terms
- 喜劇 (kigeki, “comedy”)
- 奇跡劇 (kisekigeki, “miracle play”)
- 悲劇 (higeki, “tragedy”)
- 劇場 (gekijō, “theater”)
References
- ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
Korean
Hanja
劇 • (geuk) (hangeul 극, revised geuk, McCune-Reischauer kŭk)
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