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Translingual
Han character
軛 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十十一尸山 (JJMSU), four-corner 51012, composition ⿰車厄)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1240, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38207
- Dae Jaweon: page 1716, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3517, character 8
- Unihan data for U+8EDB
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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呃
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*qreːɡs, *qreːɡ
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阸
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*qreːɡs, *qreːɡ
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厄
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*qreːɡ
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蚅
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*qreːɡ
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扼
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*qreːɡ
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軛
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*qreːɡ
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戹
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*qreːɡ
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豟
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*qreːɡ
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呝
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*qreːɡ
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軶
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*qreːɡ
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Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qreːɡ) : semantic 車 (“chariot”) + phonetic 厄 (OC *qreːɡ, “yoke”) – specialized form of 厄.
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔik (“to strangle”), whence also 縊 (OC *qleːɡs, *qleɡs, “to strangle”).
Pronunciation
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
- Xiamen, Quanzhou:
- eh - vernacular;
- ek/iak - literary.
Note:
- nga4 - vernacular;
- nge6 - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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軛
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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è
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ʔɛk ›
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Old Chinese
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/*qˁ<r>k/
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English
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part of a yoke
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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軛
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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2711
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Phonetic component
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戹
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Rime group
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錫
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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戹
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Old Chinese
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/*qreːɡ/
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Notes
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原從戹
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Definitions
軛
- yoke
- to restrain; to control
Compounds
Descendants
References
Japanese
Kanji
軛
(Hyōgai kanji)
Readings
Etymology
For pronunciation and definitions of 軛 – see the following entry.
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【くびき】
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- yoke (wooden bar)
Alternative spellings衡, 頸木
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(This term, 軛, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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