腊

See also: 臘

Translingual

Han character

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

1. dried meat

References

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

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Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		腊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Wade-Giles: hsih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹
    • Yale: sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷
    • 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

• 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/

Noun

腊

1. dried meat

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 腊 – see 臘. (This character, 腊, is the simplified form of 臘.)

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

References

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

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Japanese

Kanji

腊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. year end sacrifice
2. dried meat

Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

腊 • ‎(seok) (hangeul 석, revised seok, McCune-Reischauer sŏk, Yale sek)

1. year end sacrifice
2. dried meat

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: tích

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation