液

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Translingual

Han character

液 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水卜人大 (EYOK), four-corner 30147, composition ⿰氵夜)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 628, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17586
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1029, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1658, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6DB2

Chinese

trad. 液
simp. # 液
alternative forms 洂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 液
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (亦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
夜 *laːɡs
鵺 *laːɡs
迹 *ʔsleːɡ
跡 *ʔsleːɡ
亦 *laːɡ
弈 *laːɡ
奕 *laːɡ
帟 *laːɡ
腋 *laːɡ
掖 *laːɡ
焲 *laːɡ
液 *laːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *laːɡ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 夜 (OC *laːɡs) – a liquid, like water.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-rjak (“oil; fat; grease”).

Pronunciation

Note: jat6 - rare.
Note:
  • sieo2 - vernacular;
  • ih7 - literary.
Note:
  • sio̍h - vernacular (“sweat-like secretions”);
  • e̍k/ia̍k - literary (“liquid; sap; thick broth; to cook something on slow fire”).
Note:
  • siêh8/sioh8 - vernacular;
  • êg8 - literary.
    Rime
    Character 液
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 以 (36)
    Final (韻) 昔 (123)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 羊益切
    Baxter yek
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/jiᴇk̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/jiɛk̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/iæk̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/jiajk̚/
    Li
    Rong         		/iɛk̚/
    Wang
    Li         		/jĭɛk̚/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/i̯ɛk̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		yì
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		jik6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 液
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		yè
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ yek ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɢrAk/
    English fluid

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 液
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 15003
    Phonetic
    component         		亦
    Rime
    group         		鐸
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		繹
    Old
    Chinese         		/*laːɡ/

    Definitions

    液

    1. liquid; fluid
      體液／体液  ―  tǐyè  ―  bodily fluid
    2. sap; juice
    3. a surname: Ye; Yi
    4. (Hokkien) sweat-like secretions (from one's hand, foot, etc.)
    5. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) thick broth extracted from food in slow fire
    6. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to cook something on slow fire; to extract something using heat

    Synonyms

    • (liquid):
    • (to cook something on slow fire): 熬 (áo)

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    液

    (Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

    1. liquid

    Readings

    • Go-on: やく (yaku)
    • Kan-on: えき (eki, Jōyō)
    • Kun: しる (shiru, 液)

    Compounds

    Compounds

    Etymology

    Kanji in this term
    液
    えき
    Grade: 5
    on'yomi

    From Middle Chinese 液 (yek, “liquid”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    液(えき) • (eki) 

    1. liquid

    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

    液 (eumhun 진 액 (jin aek))

    1. hanja form? of 액 (“liquid”)

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    液: Hán Nôm readings: giá, dịch, nhịch

    1. sap, juice, liquid, fluid
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