瀹

瀹 U+2F913, 瀹 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F913 ← 濆 [U+2F912] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 瀞 → [U+2F914]

Translingual

Han character

瀹 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 水人一月 (EOMB) or 難水人一月 (XEOMB), four-corner 3812₇, composition ⿰氵龠)

1. to boil
2. to wash, cleanse, soak

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 661, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18709
• Dae Jaweon: page 1071, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1788, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7039

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		瀹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
讑	*lowɢs
籲	*los
爚	*hljowɢ, *lowɢ
禴	*lowɢ
蘥	*lowɢ
鑰	*lowɢ
瀹	*lowɢ
龠	*lowɢ
籥	*lowɢ
鸙	*lowɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴
    • Yale: ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
    • Palladius: юэ (jue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: joek⁶
    • Yale: yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: yak

Rime
Character	瀹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以灼切
Baxter	yak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/iɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨak̚/
Li Rong	/iak̚/
Wang Li	/jĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joek6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lowɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瀹
Reading #	1/1
No.	16348
Phonetic component	龠
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	藥
Old Chinese	/*lowɢ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 瀹

1. to boil
2. to wash, cleanse, soak

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Japanese

Kanji

瀹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to boil
2. to wash
3. to cleanse
4. to soak

Readings

• On (unclassified): せく (seku); よう (yō)
• Kun: ひたす (hitasu)

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Korean

Hanja

瀹 (eum 약 (yak))

1. to boil
2. to wash
3. soak

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Vietnamese

Han character

瀹: Hán Nôm readings: dược, thược

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