腊

See also: 臘

腊 U+814A, 腊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-814A ← 腉 [U+8149] CJK Unified Ideographs 腋 → [U+814B]

Translingual

Traditional	臘
Shinjitai (extended)	𫞇
Simplified	腊

Han character

腊 (radical 130, 肉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月廿日 (BTA), four-corner 7426₁, composition ⿰月昔(GJK) or ⿰⺼昔(HTV))

Derived characters

• 𭊸, 𭢝, 𭬄, 𭲢, 𪺦

References

• KangXi: page 986, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29614
• Dae Jaweon: page 1439, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2084, character 5
• Unihan data for U+814A

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
借	*ʔsjaːɡs, *ʔsjaːɡ
唶	*ʔsjaːɡs
藉	*zjaːɡs, *zjaːɡ
躤	*zjaːɡs
蜡	*zraːɡs, *sʰaːɡs
齰	*zraːɡs, *zraːɡ
醋	*sʰaːɡs
錯	*sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ
措	*sʰaːɡs
厝	*sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ
逪	*sʰaːɡ
剒	*sʰaːɡ
鵲	*sʰaɡ
碏	*sʰaɡ
踖	*sʰaɡ, *ʔsjaːɡ, *zjaːɡ
趞	*sʰaɡ
皵	*sʰaɡ, *sʰjaːɡ
舄	*sʰjaːɡ, *sʰaɡ, *sjaːɡ, *sjaːɡ
斮	*ʔsraɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
簎	*zraːwɢ, *sʰraːɡ, *zjaːɡ
諎	*ʔsraːɡ
矠	*sʰreːɡ, *zreːɡ
庴	*ʔsjaːɡ, *zjaːɡ
籍	*zjaːɡ
耤	*zjaːɡ
猎	*zjaːɡ
昔	*sjaːɡ
惜	*sjaːɡ
腊	*sjaːɡ
焟	*sjaːɡ
棤	*sjaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sjaːɡ): semantic 肉 (“meat”) + phonetic 昔 (OC *sjaːɡ).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 腊 – see 臘 (“year-end sacrifice to the gods; twelfth month of the Chinese lunar calendar; etc.”). (This character, 腊, is the simplified form of 臘.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		腊
alternative forms		𦞽 𬛄 𦝙 𦠪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Wade–Giles: hsi1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹
    • Yale: sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /siᴇk̚/

Rime
Character	腊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	思積切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/siæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siajk̚/
Li Rong	/siɛk̚/
Wang Li	/sĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sjaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	腊
Reading #	1/1
No.	13311
Phonetic component	昔
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	昔
Old Chinese	/*sjaːɡ/

Definitions

腊

1. dried meat
2. ^† to make dry
3. ^† dried or cracked skin

Synonyms

• 臘／腊 (là): (dried meat)
• 脯 (pú): (dried meat)
• 脩 (xiū): (dried meat used as teacher's payment; shriveled)

Usage notes

Note that 腊, when used as a simplified Chinese character is pronounced là (refer to the traditional form 臘). However, when 腊 is encountered in classical Chinese texts, the pronunciation is xī (derived from its phonetic component 昔).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03667

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Japanese

Kanji

腊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せき (seki); しゃく (shaku); ろう (rō)
• Kun: ほじし (hojishi)

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Korean

Hanja

腊 (eum 석 (seok))

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Vietnamese

Han character

腊: Hán Nôm readings: tích

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References

• Nom Foundation