繹

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See also: 䋇 and 绎
繹 U+7E79, 繹
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E79
← 繸
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 繺 →

Translingual

Traditional 繹
Shinjitai
(extended) 		䋇
Simplified 绎

Han character

繹 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 女火田中十 (VFWLJ), four-corner 26941, composition ⿰糹睪)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 941, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27975
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1380, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3459, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+7E79

Chinese

trad. 繹
simp. 绎

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (睪) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
斁 *ʔl'aːɡs, *l'aːɡs, *laːɡ
籜 *l̥ʰaːɡ
蘀 *l̥ʰaːɡ
鐸 *l'aːɡ
凙 *l'aːɡ
襗 *l'aːɡ, *rlaːɡ, *laːɡ
擇 *rlaːɡ
澤 *rlaːɡ
鸅 *rlaːɡ
蠌 *rlaːɡ
檡 *rlaːɡ, *hljaɡ
釋 *hljaɡ
繹 *laːɡ
睪 *neb, *laːɡ, *kuː
譯 *laːɡ
嶧 *laːɡ
懌 *laːɡ
驛 *laːɡ
醳 *laːɡ
圛 *laːɡ
墿 *laːɡ
燡 *laːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *laːɡ) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 睪 (OC *neb, *laːɡ, *kuː).

Etymology

Same word as 驛 (OC *laːɡ, “posthorse; relay station”), 譯 (OC *laːɡ, “to translate”), 懌 (OC *laːɡ, “relaxed; pleased”), 斁 (OC *laːɡ, “to be tired of”) (Schuessler, 2007). Also related to 釋 (OC *hljaɡ, “to set free; to explain”), 赦 (OC *hljaɡs, “to let go; to pardon”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 繹
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 繹
Reading # 1/1
No. 15136
Phonetic
component 		睪
Rime
group 		鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		繹
Old
Chinese 		/*laːɡ/

Definitions

繹

  1. to unravel; to draw out
  2. to interpret; to explain
  3. to continue

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

䋇

Kyūjitai

繹

Kanji

繹

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 䋇)

  1. pull out

Readings

  • Go-on: やく (yaku)
  • Kan-on: えき (eki)
  • Kun: ぬく (nuku, 繹く)、たずねる (tazuneru, 繹る)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

繹 (eum 역 (yeok))

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Vietnamese

Han character

繹: Hán Nôm readings: gịt, dịch, dịt

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