軛

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See also: 轭
軛 U+8EDB, 軛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8EDB
← 軚
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 軜 →

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

trad. 軛
simp. 轭
alternative forms 軶

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (戹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
呃 *qreːɡs, *qreːɡ
阸 *qreːɡs, *qreːɡ
厄 *qreːɡ
蚅 *qreːɡ
扼 *qreːɡ
軛 *qreːɡ
戹 *qreːɡ
豟 *qreːɡ
呝 *qreːɡ
軶 *qreːɡ

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.
    Rime
    Character 軛
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 影 (34)
    Final (韻) 麥 (119)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) II
    Fanqie 於革切
    Baxter 'eak
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ʔˠɛk̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ʔᵚæk̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ʔɐk̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ʔəɨjk̚/
    Li
    Rong         		/ʔɛk̚/
    Wang
    Li         		/æk̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ʔæk̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		e
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		ak1
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 軛
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		è
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ ʔɛk ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*qˁ<r>k/
    English part of a yoke

    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 軛
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 2711
    Phonetic
    component         		戹
    Rime
    group         		錫
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		戹
    Old
    Chinese         		/*qreːɡ/
    Notes 原從戹

    Definitions

    軛

    1. yoke
    2. to restrain; to control

    Compounds

    Descendants

    References

    Japanese

    Kanji

    軛

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    Readings

    • On (unclassified): あく (aku)、やく (yaku)
    • Kun: くびき (kubiki)

    Etymology

    Kanji in this term
    軛
    くびき
    Hyōgai
    kun'yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 軛 – see the following entry.
    【くびき】
    yoke (wooden bar)
    Alternative spellings
    衡, 頸木
    (This term, 軛, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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