劇

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] 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)

1. theatrical plays, opera, drama

[edit] 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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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kʰɛːk˨/

[edit] Hanzi

劇 (simplified 剧, jyutping kek6, Yale kek6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

劇 (grade 6 kanji)

[edit] Readings

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

[edit] Compounds

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

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

劇 (kịch, cạch, kếch, kệch)