劇

See also: 剧

Translingual

Han character

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)

References

• 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

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Chinese

trad.		劇
simp.		剧

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (虍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
唬	*qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ
戲	*qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː
巇	*qʰra
隵	*qʰra
嚱	*qʰras
盧	*b·raː
鑪	*raː
壚	*raː
籚	*raː
蘆	*raː, *ra
顱	*b·raː
髗	*b·raː
鱸	*raː
攎	*raː
櫨	*raː
轤	*raː
黸	*raː
獹	*raː
鸕	*raː
艫	*raː
纑	*raː
瀘	*raː
瓐	*raː
爐	*raː
嚧	*raː
矑	*b·raː
罏	*raː
蠦	*raː
虜	*raːʔ
擄	*raːʔ
艣	*raːʔ
鐪	*raːʔ
虖	*qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa
虍	*qʰaː
雐	*qʰʷlaː
虎	*qʰlaːʔ
琥	*qʰlaːʔ
萀	*qʰlaːʔ
臚	*b·ra
廬	*ra
驢	*b·ra
藘	*ra
爈	*ra, *ras
櫖	*ra, *ras
儢	*raʔ
慮	*ras
勴	*ras
鑢	*ras
濾	*ras
攄	*r̥ʰa
處	*kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas
豦	*kas, *ɡa
據	*kas
鐻	*kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ
澽	*kas, *ɡas
虛	*kʰa, *qʰa
墟	*kʰa
懅	*ɡa
蘧	*ɡa, *ɡʷa
籧	*ɡa
醵	*ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ
璩	*ɡa
虡	*ɡaʔ
遽	*ɡas
勮	*ɡas
噓	*qʰa, *qʰas
驉	*qʰa
歔	*qʰa
魖	*qʰa
膚	*pla
虧	*kʰʷral
噱	*ɡaɡ
臄	*ɡaɡ
劇	*ɡaɡ
諕	*qʰʷraːɡ

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

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 劇

1. ^† many; diverse; numerous
2. ^† great; powerful
3. ^† severe; acute; intense
4. ^† hard; difficult
5. ^† fortress; stronghold
6. ^† fast; rapid
7. ^† to play and joke
8. theatrical work; play; opera; drama (Classifier: 部 m)
9. 76th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "aggravation" (𝍑)
10. a surname

Synonyms

• (play): 戲／戏 (xì)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

⿰虍刂, ryakuji for 劇.

Kanji

劇

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. theatrical play
2. drama

Readings

• 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

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

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 劇／剧.

Noun

劇(げき) • (geki) 

1. play

Derived terms

• 喜(き)劇(げき) (kigeki, “comedy”)
• 奇(き)跡(せき)劇(げき) (kisekigeki, “miracle play”)
• 悲(ひ)劇(げき) (higeki, “tragedy”)
• 劇(げき)場(じょう) (gekijō, “theater”)

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Korean

Hanja

劇 (eum 극 (geuk))

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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