譯

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 譯. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 譯, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 譯 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 譯 you have here. The definition of the word 譯 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of譯, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: 译 and 訳
譯 U+8B6F, 譯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B6F
← 譮
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 議 →

Translingual

Traditional 譯
Shinjitai 訳
Simplified 译

Han character

譯 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+13, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜口田中十 (YRWLJ), four-corner 06641, composition ⿰訁睪)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1183, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36023
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1646, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4024, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+8B6F

Chinese

trad. 譯
simp. 译

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 言 (“say”) + phonetic 睪 (OC *neb, *laːɡ, *kuː).

Etymology

Same word as 繹 (OC *laːɡ, “to unravel”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 譯
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 譯
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ yek ›
Old
Chinese 		/*lAk/
English interpret

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 譯
Reading # 1/1
No. 15138
Phonetic
component 		睪
Rime
group 		鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		繹
Old
Chinese 		/*laːɡ/

Definitions

譯

  1. to translate; to interpret
    直譯／直译  ―  zhíyì  ―  to translate literally
    把書譯成中文／把书译成中文  ―  bǎ shū yì chéng zhōngwén  ―  to translate the book into Chinese
  2. to decode; to decipher
  3. a surname

Synonyms

Hyponyms

  • (to translate): 筆譯／笔译 (bǐyì, “to do written translation”), 口譯／口译 (kǒuyì, “to do interpreting”)

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (譯):
  • → Japanese: 訳(やく) (yaku)
  • → Korean: 역(譯) (yeok)
  • → Vietnamese: dịch (譯)

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

訳

Kyūjitai

譯

Kanji

譯

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 訳)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

  • Go-on: やく (yaku)
  • Kan-on: えき (eki)
  • Kun: わけ (wake, 譯)、とく (toku)

Korean

Hanja

譯 • (yeok) (hangeul 역, revised yeok, McCune–Reischauer yŏk, Yale yek)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

譯: Hán Việt readings: dịch

  1. chữ Hán form of dịch (“to translate; translation”).

References

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia