冶

Translingual

Han character

冶 (Kangxi radical 15, 冫+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈一戈口 (IMIR), four-corner 3316₀, composition ⿰冫台)

Derived characters

• 𬜷

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 131, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1621
• Dae Jaweon: page 295, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 296, character 7
• Unihan data for U+51B6

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		冶

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冶
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yě (ye³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵
• Northern Min (KCR): iǎ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yě
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yě
    • Wade–Giles: yeh³
    • Yale: yě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yee
    • Palladius: е (je)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: je⁵
    • Yale: yéh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː¹³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iǎ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iá
    • Tâi-lô: iá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iar
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ia⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yaeX

Rime
Character	冶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	羊者切
Baxter	yaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiaX/
Pan Wuyun	/jiaX/
Shao Rongfen	/iaX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaX/
Li Rong	/iaX/
Wang Li	/jĭaX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯aX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yě
Expected Cantonese Reflex	je5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*laːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	冶
Reading #	1/1
No.	14811
Phonetic component	冶
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	野
Old Chinese	/*laːʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 冶

1. to smelt (metal)

   冶煉／冶炼  ―  yěliàn  ―  to smelt (metal)

   冶金  ―  yějīn  ―  metallurgy

   陶冶  ―  táoyě  ―  to make pottery and smelt metal; (by extension) to shape; to cultivate

2. ^† smelter (someone who casts metal)
3. ^† smelting furnace
4. ^† smelter (a place where smelting or casting is done)
5. (derogatory, of woman's look) seductive; bewitching

   妖冶  ―  yāoyě  ―  seductive; bewitching

   冶容  ―  yěróng  ―  to dress up seductively; seductive look

6. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 野 (yě).
7. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

冶

(Jōyō kanji)

1. smelting

Readings

• Go-on: や (ya, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: や (ya, Jōyō)
• Kun: いる (iru, 冶る)

Compounds

Compounds

• 冶金(やきん) (yakin): metallurgy
• 冶容(やよう) (yayō): to put on makeup; a charming figure

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Korean

Hanja

冶 • (ya) (hangeul 야, revised ya, McCune–Reischauer ya)

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Vietnamese

Han character

冶: Hán Nôm readings: dã

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References

• Nom Foundation