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Translingual

Han character

(radical 85 +17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 水人一月 (EOMB) or X水人一月 (XEOMB), four-corner 38127)

  1. to boil
  2. to wash, to cleanse, to soak

References

  • KangXi: page 661, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18709
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1071, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1788, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+7039

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*lowɢs
*los
*hljowɢ, *lowɢ
*lowɢ
*lowɢ
*lowɢ
*lowɢ
*lowɢ
*lowɢ
*lowɢ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (36)
Final () (107)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨɐk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiɐk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/iɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jɨak̚/
Li
Rong
/iak̚/
Wang
Li
/jĭak̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯ak̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yuè
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 16348
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*lowɢ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. to boil
  2. to wash
  3. to cleanse
  4. to soak

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(yak) (hangeul , revised yak, McCune-Reischauer yak, Yale yak)

  1. to boil
  2. to wash
  3. soak