躍

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See also: 跃
躍 U+8E8D, 躍
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Translingual

Han character

躍 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+14, 21 strokes, cangjie input 口一尸一土 (RMSMG), four-corner 67114, composition ⿰𧾷翟)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1235, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37955
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1707, character 40
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3746, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8E8D

Chinese

trad. 躍
simp. 跃
alternative forms 䟑 ancient
趯

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 躍
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (翟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
櫂 *r'eːwɢs
濯 *r'eːwɢs, *r'eːwɢ
耀 *lewɢs
曜 *lewɢs
燿 *lewɢs
糶 *l̥ʰeːwɢs
粜 *l̥ʰeːwɢs
嬥 *l'eːw, *l'eːwʔ, *l'eːwɢs, *r'eːwɢ
藋 *l'eːwɢs
躍 *lewɢ
戳 *r'eːwɢ
擢 *r'eːwɢ
蠗 *r'eːwɢ
鸐 *r'eːwɢ
翟 *r'aːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ
趯 *l̥ʰeːwɢ
籊 *l̥ʰeːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ
糴 *l'eːwɢ
䊮 *l'eːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lewɢ) : semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 翟 (OC *r'aːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ).

Pronunciation 1

Note: yào - rare colloquial variant.
Note:
  • io̍k/ia̍k - literary;
  • chhio̍k - vernacular;
  • iāu - common variant.
Rime
Character 躍
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 藥 (107)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 以灼切
Baxter yak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jɨɐk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jiɐk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/iɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/jɨak̚/
Li
Rong 		/iak̚/
Wang
Li 		/jĭak̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯ak̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yuè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		joek6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 躍
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yuè
Middle
Chinese 		‹ yak ›
Old
Chinese 		/*lewk/
English leap, jump

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 躍
Reading # 1/1
No. 2220
Phonetic
component 		翟
Rime
group 		藥
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		藥
Old
Chinese 		/*lewɢ/

Definitions

躍

  1. to jump; to leap
  2. a surname: Yue

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

躍

  1. Only used in 躍躍／跃跃 (tìtì).

References

Japanese

Shinjitai 躍
Kyūjitai
躍󠄁
躍+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
躍󠄃
躍+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

躍

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. to dance
  2. to leap; to skip

Readings

From Middle Chinese 躍 (MC yak); compare Mandarin 躍／跃 (yuè):

From Middle Chinese; compare Mandarin 躍／跃 (tì):

From native Japanese roots:

Compounds

References

  1. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2062 (paper), page 1083 (digital)
  2. ^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1182 (paper), page 604 (digital)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 躍 (MC yak). Recorded as Middle Korean 약〮 (yák) (Yale: yak) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

躍 (eumhun 뛸 약 (ttwil yak))

  1. Hanja form? of 약 (“leap”).

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

躍: Hán Việt readings: dược
躍: Nôm readings: dược, vược

  1. chữ Hán form of dược (“leap”).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Trần (2004).
  2. ^ Trần (1999).
  3. ^ Nguyễn (1974).
  4. ^ Thiều Chửu (1942).
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