訳

See also 譯, and 译

Translingual

shinjitai	訳
simplified	译
traditional	譯

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 譯 (睪 → 尺)

Han character

訳 (radical 149 言+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜口尸人 (YRSO))

1. translate
2. decode
3. encode

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1152, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35324
• Dae Jaweon: page 1618, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 6, page 3951, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8A33

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Japanese

Kanji

訳 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: やく (yaku), えき (eki)
• Kun: わけ (wake), とく (toku)

Compounds

• 訳語 (やくご, yakugo): translated word
• 訳者 (やくしゃ, yakusha): translator
• 翻訳 (ほんやく, hon'yaku): translation
• 意訳 (いやく, iyaku, “free translation, liberal translation”)
• 直訳 (ちょくやく, chokuyaku, “literal translation”)

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Korean

Hanja

訳 (hangeul 역, revised yeok, McCune-Reischauer yŏk, Yale yek)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

訳 (pinyin yì (yi4), Wade-Giles i⁴)