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劇

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See also: 剧
劇 U+5287, 劇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5287
← 劆
[U+5286]
CJK Unified Ideographs 劈 →
[U+5288]

Translingual

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Han character

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劇 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+13, 15 strokes, Cangjie input 難卜人中弓 (XYOLN) or 卜人中弓 (YOLN), four-corner 22200, composition ⿰豦刂)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 144, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2218
  • Dae Jaweon: page 325, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 358, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5287

Chinese

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trad. 劇
simp. 剧

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡaɡ): phonetic 豦 (OC *kas, *ɡa) + semantic 刀 (“knife”).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • kia̍k/ke̍k - literary;
  • kio̍k - vernacular (俗).

Rime
Character 劇
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 陌 (115)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 奇逆切
Baxter gjaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡˠiæk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡᵚiak̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiak̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/giajk̚/
Li
Rong
/ɡiɐk̚/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭɐk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/giɐk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gik6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 劇
Reading # 1/1
No. 5282
Phonetic
component
虍
Rime
group
鐸
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
劇
Old
Chinese
/*ɡaɡ/

Definitions

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劇

  1. theatrical work; play; opera; drama (Classifier: 部 m; 套 c)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) many; diverse; numerous
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) great; powerful
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) severe; acute; intense
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) hard; difficult
  6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) fortress; stronghold
  7. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) fast; rapid
  8. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to play and joke
  9. 76th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "aggravation" (𝍑)
  10. a surname, Ju

Synonyms

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Compounds

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Further reading

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Japanese

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⿰虍刂, ryakuji for 劇.

Kanji

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劇

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. theatrical play
  2. drama

Readings

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  • Go-on: ぎゃく (gyaku)
  • Kan-on: けき (keki)
  • Kan’yō-on: げき (geki, Jōyō)
  • Kun: はげしい (hageshii, 劇しい)

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
劇
げき
Grade: 6
kan'yōon

From Middle Chinese 劇 / 剧.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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劇(げき) • (geki) 

  1. play

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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劇 (eumhun 심할 극 (simhal geuk))

  1. hanja form? of 극 (“theatrical plays, opera, drama”)
  2. hanja form? of 극 (“excessive, extreme”)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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劇: Hán Nôm readings: kịch, cạch, kếch, kệch

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