籥

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籥 U+7C65, 籥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C65
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 籦 →

Translingual

Han character

籥 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 竹人一月 (HOMB), four-corner 88227, composition ⿱𥫗龠)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 905, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26771
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1330, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3032, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+7C65

Chinese

trad. 籥
simp. # 籥
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Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (龠) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
讑 *lowɢs
籲 *los
爚 *hljowɢ, *lowɢ
禴 *lowɢ
蘥 *lowɢ
鑰 *lowɢ
瀹 *lowɢ
龠 *lowɢ
籥 *lowɢ
鸙 *lowɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lowɢ) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 龠 (OC *lowɢ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 籥
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/i̯ak̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yuè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		joek6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 籥
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yuè
Middle
Chinese 		‹ yak ›
Old
Chinese 		/*lewk/
English flute; key; tube

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 籥
Reading # 1/1
No. 16351
Phonetic
component 		龠
Rime
group 		藥
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		藥
Old
Chinese 		/*lowɢ/

Definitions

籥

  1. (archaic) an ancient notched vertical bamboo flute with three or six fingerholes, used in Confucian ritual music and dance
  2. (literary) lock and key
    Synonym: 鎖鑰 / 锁钥 (suǒyuè)
  3. (archaic) erasable bamboo strips used by children to practice writing

Compounds

Synonyms

References

Japanese

Kanji

籥

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. three-holed flute

Readings

  • On (unclassified): やく (yaku)
  • Kun: ふえ (fue)

Korean

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Hanja

籥 (eum 약 (yak))

  1. hanja form? of 약 (“an ancient notched vertical bamboo flute of Chinese origin with three fingerholes used today only in Confucian ritual music and dance in South Korea”)
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