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Translingual
Stroke order
Han character
龠 (Kangxi radical 214, 龠 +0, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人一口月 (OMRB ), four-corner 80227 , composition ⿳亼 𠱠 𠕁 )
Kangxi radical #214, ⿕ .
Shuowen Jiezi radical №43
Derived characters
Appendix:Chinese radical/龠
㒢 , 𢅹 , 瀹 , 𨙄 , 𭨑 , 爚 , 禴 , 𥌺 , 𥤉 , 𧟇 , 𦇬 , 𧕋 , 讑 , 𧹊 , 䟑 , 䠯 , 鑰 , 𬰾 , 𮪟 , 𮯘
𭄜 , 𬱳 , 鸙 , 蘥 , 𭨣 , 籥 , 𨷲 (𨸎 ), 㿜
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 1538 , character 25
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48882
Dae Jaweon: page 2080, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4807, character 1
Unihan data for U+9FA0
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
讑
*lowɢs
籲
*los
爚
*hljowɢ, *lowɢ
禴
*lowɢ
蘥
*lowɢ
鑰
*lowɢ
瀹
*lowɢ
龠
*lowɢ
籥
*lowɢ
鸙
*lowɢ
Pictogram (象形 ) – a woodwind instrument. In the bronze inscriptions, 亼 (a flipped 口 ) was added to show a mouth playing the instrument.
Shuowen interprets it as an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意 ) : 品 + 侖 .
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
龠
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
龠
Reading #
1/1
No.
16350
Phonetic component
龠
Rime group
藥
Rime subdivision
3
Corresponding MC rime
藥
Old Chinese
/*lowɢ/
Definitions
龠
yue ( a Chinese musical instrument consisting of a bamboo tube that has three or other numbers of holes )
( historical ) yue ( an ancient Chinese unit of volume notionally equivalent to the space occupied by 1200 millet seeds )
Synonyms
Japanese
Kanji
龠
(Hyōgai kanji )
flute
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
龠 • (yak ) (hangeul 약 , revised yak, McCune–Reischauer yak, Yale yak)
flute
Vietnamese
Han character
龠 : Hán Nôm readings: dược , thược
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References