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Translingual
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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 斁
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*ʔl'aːɡs, *l'aːɡs, *laːɡ
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| 籜
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*l̥ʰaːɡ
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| 蘀
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*l̥ʰaːɡ
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| 鐸
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*l'aːɡ
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| 凙
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*l'aːɡ
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| 襗
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*l'aːɡ, *rlaːɡ, *laːɡ
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| 擇
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*rlaːɡ
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| 澤
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*rlaːɡ
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| 鸅
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*rlaːɡ
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| 蠌
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*rlaːɡ
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| 檡
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*rlaːɡ, *hljaɡ
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| 釋
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*hljaɡ
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| 繹
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*laːɡ
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| 睪
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*neb, *laːɡ, *kuː
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| 譯
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*laːɡ
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| 嶧
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*laːɡ
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| 懌
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*laːɡ
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| 驛
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*laːɡ
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| 醳
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*laːɡ
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| 圛
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*laːɡ
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| 墿
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*laːɡ
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| 燡
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*laːɡ
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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
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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繹
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15136
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Phonetic
component
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睪
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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
繹
- to unravel; to draw out
- to interpret; to explain
- to continue
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
繹
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 䋇)
- pull out
Readings
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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