籥

籥 U+7C65, 籥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C65 ← 籤 [U+7C64] CJK Unified Ideographs 籦 → [U+7C66]

Translingual

Han character

籥 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 竹人一月 (HOMB), four-corner 8822₇, composition ⿱𥫗龠)

Derived characters

• 𤅰, 𨈋, 𪛒, 𥤖, 𪛔, 𥸤, 籲

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 905, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26771
• Dae Jaweon: page 1330, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3032, character 12
• Unihan data for U+7C65

Chinese

trad.		籥
simp. #		籥

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lowɢ) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 龠 (OC *lowɢ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io̍k

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍k
    • Tâi-lô: io̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: yak

Rime
Character	籥
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

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lewk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lowɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	籥
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yuè
Middle Chinese	‹ yak ›
Old Chinese	/*lewk/
English	flute; key; tube
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	籥
Reading #	1/1
No.	16351
Phonetic component	龠
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	藥
Old Chinese	/*lowɢ/

Definitions

籥

1. (archaic) an ancient notched vertical bamboo flute with three or six fingerholes, used in Confucian ritual music and dance

   • 左手執籥、右手秉翟。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     左手执籥、右手秉翟。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zuǒ shǒu zhí yào, yòu shǒu bǐng dí. [Pinyin]

     I grasp a flute with my left hand; I hold a pheasant's feather in my right hand.

2. (literary) lock and key

   Synonym: 鎖鑰／锁钥 (suǒyuè)

3. (archaic) erasable bamboo strips used by children to practice writing

Compounds

• 橐籥
• 管籥

 

Synonyms

• 龠

References

• “籥”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03294

Japanese

Kanji

籥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. three-holed flute

Readings

• On (unclassified): やく (yaku)
• Kun: ふえ (fue)

Korean

Hanja

籥 (eum 약 (yak))

1. Hanja form^? of 약 (“an ancient notched vertical bamboo flute of Chinese origin with three fingerholes used today only in Confucian ritual music and dance in South Korea”).