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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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 夜
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*laːɡs
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| 鵺
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*laːɡs
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| 迹
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*ʔsleːɡ
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| 跡
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*ʔsleːɡ
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| 亦
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*laːɡ
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| 弈
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*laːɡ
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| 奕
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*laːɡ
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| 帟
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*laːɡ
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| 腋
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*laːɡ
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| 掖
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*laːɡ
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| 焲
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*laːɡ
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| 液
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*laːɡ
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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:
- sio̍h - vernacular (“sweat-like secretions”);
- e̍k/ia̍k - literary (“liquid; sap; thick broth; to cook something on slow fire”).
Note:
- siêh8/sioh8 - vernacular;
- êg8 - literary.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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液
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yè
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ yek ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢrAk/
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| English
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fluid
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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液
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15003
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Phonetic
component
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亦
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Rime
group
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鐸
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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繹
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Old
Chinese
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/*laːɡ/
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Definitions
液
- liquid; fluid
- 體液／体液 ― tǐyè ― bodily fluid
- sap; juice
- a surname: Ye; Yi
- (Hokkien) sweat-like secretions (from one's hand, foot, etc.)
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) thick broth extracted from food in slow fire
- (Quanzhou Hokkien) to cook something on slow fire; to extract something using heat
Synonyms
- (to cook something on slow fire): 熬 (áo)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
液
(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- liquid
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 液 (yek, “liquid”).
Pronunciation
Noun
液 • (eki)
- liquid
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
液 (eumhun 진 액 (jin aek))
- Hanja form? of 액 (“liquid”).
Vietnamese
Han character
液: Hán Nôm readings: giá, dịch, nhịch
- sap, juice, liquid, fluid