碧落

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 碧落. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 碧落, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 碧落 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 碧落 you have here. The definition of the word 碧落 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of碧落, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Chinese

green jade; bluish green; blue
green jade; bluish green; blue; jade
 
to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
trad. (碧落)
simp. #(碧落)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (37)
Final () (124) (103)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter pjiek lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pwiᴇk̚/ /lɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʷiɛk̚/ /lɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/piuæk̚/ /lɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pwiajk̚/ /lak̚/
Li
Rong
/piuɛk̚/ /lɑk̚/
Wang
Li
/pĭwɛk̚/ /lɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯wɛk̚/ /lɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bi luò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bik1 lok6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
luò
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjæk › ‹ lak ›
Old
Chinese
/*prak/ /*kə.rˁak/
English light blue fall (v.)

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
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 219 221 3880
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*praɡ/ /*preɡ/ /*ɡ·raːɡ/

Noun

碧落

  1. (literary, Taoism) sky; blue sky

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
へき
Jinmeiyō
らく
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

(へき)(らく) (hekiraku

  1. blue sky
    Synonyms: 青空 (aozora), 碧空 (hekikū), 碧天 (hekiten)
  2. (figurative) a far off place