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籥
籥
Translingual
Han character
籥 (radical 118 竹+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 竹人一月 (HOMB), four-corner 88227, composition ⿱𥫗龠)
- key
- an ancient notched vertical bamboo flute with three finger holes; still used in Korean court ritual music and dance
References
- KangXi: page 905, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26771
- Dae Jaweon: page 1330, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3032, character 12
- Unihan data for U+7C65
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
籥 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (龠) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 讑 | *lowɢs |
| 籲 | *los |
| 爚 | *hljowɢ, *lowɢ |
| 禴 | *lowɢ |
| 蘥 | *lowɢ |
| 鑰 | *lowɢ |
| 瀹 | *lowɢ |
| 龠 | *lowɢ |
| 籥 | *lowɢ |
| 鸙 | *lowɢ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
- Wade-Giles: yüeh4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
- IPA (key): /y̯œ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: joek6
- Yale: yeuhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: joek9
- IPA (key): /jœːk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍k
- Tâi-lô: io̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: iok
- IPA (Xiamen): /iɔk̚⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔk̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /iɔk̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 籥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 藥 (107) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 以灼切 |
| 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 |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 籥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yuè |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ yak › |
| Old Chinese |
/*lewk/ |
| English | flute; key; tube |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 籥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16351 |
| Phonetic component |
龠 |
| Rime group |
藥 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
藥 |
| Old Chinese |
/*lowɢ/ |
Definitions
籥
- (archaic) an ancient notched vertical bamboo flute with three finger holes, used in Confucian ritual music and dance
Japanese
Kanji
籥
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
籥 • (yak) (hangeul 약, revised yak, McCune-Reischauer yak, Yale yak)
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Noun
籥 • (yak) (hangeul 약)
- an ancient notched vertical bamboo flute, of Chinese origin, with three finger holes; used today only in Confucian ritual music and dance in South Korea