礿

Translingual

Han character

礿 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈火心戈 (IFPI), four-corner 3722₀, composition ⿰礻勺)

1. spring imperial ancestral sacrifice

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 839, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24632
• Dae Jaweon: page 1258, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2386, character 8
• Unihan data for U+793F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		礿

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
豹	*preːwɢs
趵	*preːwɢs, *preːwɢ
尥	*breːw, *b·reːwɢs
箹	*ʔreːwɢs, *ʔreːwɢ
杓	*plew, *pʰlew, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ
約	*ʔlewɢs, *ʔlewɢ
扚	*pleːwʔ, *pleːwɢ
釣	*pleːwɢs
瘹	*teːwɢs
芍	*ɡleːwʔ, *spʰlewɢ, *pl'ewɢ, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ
酌	*pljewɢ
灼	*pljewɢ
勺	*pljewɢ, *bljewɢ
彴	*pljewɢ
犳	*pljewɢ
妁	*pljewɢ, *bljewɢ
汋	*bljewɢ, *sbreːwɢ
仢	*bljewɢ
葯	*qlewɢ, *qreːwɢ
礿	*lewɢ
肑	*preːwɢ, *pleːwɢ
瓝	*breːwɢ
的	*pleːwɢ
靮	*pleːwɢ
馰	*pleːwɢ
玓	*pleːwɢ
魡	*pleːwɢ

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	礿
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): /*lewɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	礿
Reading #	1/1
No.	11203
Phonetic component	勺
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	藥
Old Chinese	/*lewɢ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

礿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. sacrifice

Readings

• On (unclassified): やく (yaku), よう (yō)
• Kun: まつり (matsuri)

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Korean

Hanja

礿 • (yak) (hangeul 약, revised yak, McCune–Reischauer yak, Yale yak)

1. spring offerings