冶

Stroke order

冶 (Kangxi radical 15, 冫+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈一戈口 (IMIR), four-corner 3316₀, composition ⿰冫台)

• 𬜷

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 131, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1621
• Dae Jaweon: page 295, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 296, character 7
• Unihan data for U+51B6

Historical forms of the character 冶
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

冶

1. to smelt (metal)

   冶煉／冶炼  ―  yěliàn  ―  to smelt (metal)

   冶金  ―  yějīn  ―  metallurgy

   陶冶  ―  táoyě  ―  to make pottery and smelt metal; (by extension) to shape; to cultivate

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) smelter (someone who casts metal)
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) smelting furnace
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) smelter (a place where smelting or casting is done)
5. (derogatory, of woman's look) seductive; bewitching

   妖冶  ―  yāoyě  ―  seductive; bewitching

   冶容  ―  yěróng  ―  to dress up seductively; seductive look

6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 野
7. a surname

(Jōyō kanji)

1. smelting

• Go-on: や (ya, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: や (ya, Jōyō)
• Kun: いる (iru, 冶る)

From Middle Chinese 冶 (MC yaeX).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

冶 (eumhun 풀무 야 (pulmu ya))

1. hanja form^? of 야 (“lewd, NSFW, erotic, sexy”)
2. hanja form^? of 야 (“smelting; smelter”)

冶: Hán Nôm readings: dã

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