乂

See also: 义, 父, and Appendix:Variations of "x"

Translingual

Han character

乂 (radical 4 丿+1, 2 strokes, cangjie input 大 (K), X大 (XK), four-corner 4000₀)

1. govern, control, manage
2. nurture
3. an ancient form of five (五)

References

• KangXi: page 81, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 111
• Dae Jaweon: page 165, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 31, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4E42

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		乂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔ, yì (wu³, yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ, ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: wǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ
    • Wade-Giles: wu³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuu
    • IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: i⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaai⁶
    • Yale: ngaaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaai⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɑːi̯²²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (乂, reconstructed)
Character (乂), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 廢 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 魚肺切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋɨɐiH/	/ŋi̯ɐiH/	/ŋiɐiH/	/ŋiɐiH/	/ŋɨajH/	/ŋĭɐiH/	/ŋiɐiH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (乂, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
乂								yì								‹ ngjojH ›								/*ŋa[t]-s/								mow, cut (v.)
乂								yì								‹ ngjojH ›								/*ŋa[t]-s/								mow; regulate
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
乂					14957					乂					祭					1					刈					/*ŋads/

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Japanese

Kanji

乂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: がい (gai), げ (ge)
• Kun: かる (karu), おさめる (osameru), おさまる (osamaru)

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Korean

Hanja

乂 (ye)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 예 (revised: ye, McCune-Reischauer: ye)

• Name (hangeul): 벨, 징계할 (revised: bel, jinggyehal, McCune-Reischauer: pel, chinggyehal)

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 乂

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: nghệ, ngải
• Nôm: nghệ, ngải

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References

• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)