掖

Translingual

Han character

掖 (radical 64 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手卜人大 (QYOK), four-corner 5004₇, composition ⿰扌夜)

1. support with the arms
2. stick in, tuck in
3. fold up

References

• KangXi: page 437, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12262
• Dae Jaweon: page 787, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1903, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6396

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Cantonese

Hanzi

掖 (Yale yik6)

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Japanese

Kanji

掖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: えき (eki)
• Kun: わきばさむ (wakibasamu), たすける (tasukeru), わき (waki)

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Korean

Hanja

掖 (aek) (hangeul 액, revised aek, McCune-Reischauer aek, Yale ayk)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

掖 (Pinyin yì (yi4), Wade-Giles i⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: dịch

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References

• Nom Foundation