繹

See also: 绎

繹 U+7E79, 繹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E79 ← 繸 [U+7E78] CJK Unified Ideographs 繺 → [U+7E7A]

Translingual

Traditional	繹
Shinjitai (extended)	䋇
Simplified	绎

Han character

繹 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 女火田中十 (VFWLJ), four-corner 2694₁, composition ⿰糹睪)

References

• KangXi: page 941, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27975
• Dae Jaweon: page 1380, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3459, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7E79

Chinese

trad.		繹
simp.		绎

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
斁	*ʔl'aːɡs, *l'aːɡs, *laːɡ
籜	*l̥ʰaːɡ
蘀	*l̥ʰaːɡ
鐸	*l'aːɡ
凙	*l'aːɡ
襗	*l'aːɡ, *rlaːɡ, *laːɡ
擇	*rlaːɡ
澤	*rlaːɡ
鸅	*rlaːɡ
蠌	*rlaːɡ
檡	*rlaːɡ, *hljaɡ
釋	*hljaɡ
繹	*laːɡ
睪	*neb, *laːɡ, *kuː
譯	*laːɡ
嶧	*laːɡ
懌	*laːɡ
驛	*laːɡ
醳	*laːɡ
圛	*laːɡ
墿	*laːɡ
燡	*laːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *laːɡ): semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 睪 (OC *neb, *laːɡ, *kuː).

Etymology

Same word as 驛 (OC *laːɡ, “posthorse; relay station”), 譯 (OC *laːɡ, “to translate”), 懌 (OC *laːɡ, “relaxed; pleased”), 斁 (OC *laːɡ, “to be tired of”) (Schuessler, 2007). Also related to 釋 (OC *hljaɡ, “to set free; to explain”), 赦 (OC *hljaɡs, “to let go; to pardon”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jik⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yet⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yi̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yid⁶

• Min Bei (KCR): ĭ
• Min Dong (BUC): ĭk
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): e̍k / ia̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): êg⁸

• Wu (Wiktionary): ⁵hhiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik⁶
    • Yale: yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yet⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jet̚³²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: id
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iʔ⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍k
    • Tâi-lô: i̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iak̚²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: êg⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: e̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ek̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ⁵hhiq
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦi̯ɪʔ¹²/

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• Middle Chinese: /jiᴇk̚/

Rime
Character	繹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	清 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	羊益切
Baxter	yek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/iæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiajk̚/
Li Rong	/iɛk̚/
Wang Li	/jĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*laːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繹
Reading #	1/1
No.	15136
Phonetic component	睪
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	繹
Old Chinese	/*laːɡ/

Definitions

繹

1. to unravel; to draw out
2. to interpret; to explain
3. to continue

Compounds

• 尋繹／寻绎
• 抽繹／抽绎 (chōuyì)
• 演繹／演绎 (yǎnyì)
• 演繹推理／演绎推理

• 演繹法／演绎法 (yǎnyìfǎ)
• 紬繹／绸绎
• 絡繹／络绎 (luòyì)
• 絡繹不絕／络绎不绝 (luòyìbùjué)

• 絡繹於途／络绎于途
• 繹史／绎史
• 繹繹／绎绎
• 衍繹／衍绎

Japanese

Kanji

繹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 䋇)

1. pull out

Readings

• Go-on: やく (yaku)
• Kan-on: えき (eki)
• Kun: ぬく (nuku, 繹く); たずねる (tazuneru, 繹る)

Korean

Hanja

繹 (eum 역 (yeok))

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Vietnamese

Han character

繹: Hán Nôm readings: gịt, dịch, dịt

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