劇

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See also: 剧
劇 U+5287, 劇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5287
← 劆
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 劈 →

Translingual

Han character

劇 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 難卜人中弓 (XYOLN) or 卜人中弓 (YOLN), four-corner 22200, composition ⿰豦刂)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 144, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2218
  • Dae Jaweon: page 325, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 358, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5287

Chinese

trad. 劇
simp. 剧

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (虍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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
噓 *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／形声, OC *ɡaɡ) : phonetic 豦 (OC *kas, *ɡa) + semantic 刀 (“knife”).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • kia̍k/ke̍k - literary;
  • kio̍k - vernacular (俗).
Rime
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
Baxter gjaek
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gik6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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

  1. theatrical work; play; opera; drama (Classifier: 部 m; 套 c)
  2. † many; diverse; numerous
  3. † great; powerful
  4. † severe; acute; intense
  5. † hard; difficult
  6. † fortress; stronghold
  7. † fast; rapid
  8. † to play and joke
  9. 76th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "aggravation" (𝍑)
  10. a surname: Ju

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

⿰虍刂, ryakuji for 劇.

Kanji

劇

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. theatrical play
  2. drama

Readings

  • Go-on: ぎゃく (gyaku)
  • Kan-on: けき (keki)
  • Kan’yō-on: げき (geki, Jōyō)
  • Kun: はげしい (hageshii, 劇しい)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
劇
げき
Grade: 6
kan'yōon

From Middle Chinese 劇／剧.

Pronunciation

Noun

劇(げき) • (geki) 

  1. play

Derived terms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

劇 (eumhun 심할 극 (simhal geuk))

  1. hanja form? of 극 (“theatrical plays, opera, drama”)
  2. hanja form? of 극 (“excessive, extreme”)

Vietnamese

Han character

劇: Hán Nôm readings: kịch, cạch, kếch, kệch

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