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Translingual
Han character
疫 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹弓水 (KHNE), four-corner 00147, composition ⿸疒殳)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 770, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22069
- Dae Jaweon: page 1180, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2663, character 8
- Unihan data for U+75AB
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 椺
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*ɦmluːʔ, *ɢʷeːɡs, *ɢeːɡ
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| 役
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*ɢʷeɡ
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| 疫
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*ɢʷeɡ
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| 垼
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*ɢʷeɡ
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| 炈
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*ɢʷeɡ
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| 鈠
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*ɢʷeɡ
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| 豛
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*ɢʷeɡ
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| 坄
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*doː, *leɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷeɡ) : semantic 疒 (“sickness”) + abbreviated phonetic 役 (OC *ɢʷeɡ).
Pronunciation
Note:
- ia̍h - vernacular;
- e̍k/ia̍k - literary.
Note: mog8 - vernacular (俗).
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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疫
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ywek ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢʷek/
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| English
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epidemic
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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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疫
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15007
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Phonetic
component
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役
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Rime
group
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錫
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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役
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢʷeɡ/
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Definitions
疫
- epidemic; plague; pestilence
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
疫
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- epidemic
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
疫 • (yeok) (hangeul 역, revised yeok, McCune–Reischauer yŏk, Yale yek)
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Vietnamese
Han character
疫: Hán Nôm readings: dịch
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