弋

See also: 戈

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Pictogram (象形)

Han character

弋 (radical 56 弋+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 戈心 (IP), four-corner 4300₀)

1. catch, arrest
2. shoot with bow

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/弋
• 代

References

• KangXi: page 355, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9656
• Dae Jaweon: page 670, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 557, character 23
• Unihan data for U+5F0B

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		弋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): yi̍t
• Min Nan (POJ): i̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: i⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik⁶
    • Yale: yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /jit̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i̍k
    • Tâi-lô: i̍k
    • IPA (Taipei): /ik̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ik̚¹²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (弋, reconstructed)
Character (弋), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 職 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 與職切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jɨk̚/	/i̯ək̚/	/iək̚/	/jɨk̚/	/jik̚/	/jĭək̚/	/iek̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (弋, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
弋								yì								‹ yik ›								/*lək/								shoot arrow with string attached
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
弋					14986					弋					職					0					弋					/*lɯɡ/

Noun

弋

1. (archaic) A retrievable arrow attached to a string.

Verb

弋

1. (archaic) to shoot with bow
2. (archaic) to catch, arrest

References

• "Unihan data for U+5F0B",
• VoiceDic (汉语方言发音字典)

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Japanese

Kanji

弋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: よく (yoku)
• Kun: いぐるみ (igurumi)

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Korean

Hanja

弋 (ik) (hangeul 익, revised ik, McCune-Reischauer ik, Yale ik)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: dặc, dác, dạc, nhác, nhấc, rạc, giặc, nhắc

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