劇

See also 剧

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 豦 + semantic 刀 (“knife”)

Han character

劇 (radical 18 刀+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input X卜人中弓 (XYOLN), 卜人中弓 (YOLN), four-corner 2220₀, composition ⿰豦刂)

1. theatrical plays, opera, drama

References

• KangXi: page 144, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2218
• Dae Jaweon: page 325, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 358, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5287

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Cantonese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kʰɛːk˨/

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Hanzi

劇 (simplified 剧, jyutping kek6, Yale kek6)

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Japanese

Kanji

劇 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: げき (geki), けき (keki), ぎゃく (gyaku)
• Kun: はげしい (hageshii)

Compounds

• 喜劇 (きげき, kigeki, “comedy”)
• 悲劇 (ひげき, higeki, “tragedy”)

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Korean

Hanja

劇 (hangeul 극, revised geuk, McCune-Reischauer kŭk)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

• Audio (China)

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Hanzi

劇 (simplified 剧, pinyin jù (ju4), Wade-Giles chü⁴)

Synonyms

• 戲

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Middle Chinese

Han character

戲 (*ghiæk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

劇 (kịch, cạch, kếch, kệch)