譯

See also: 译 and 訳

Translingual

Traditional	譯
Shinjitai	訳
Simplified	译

Han character

譯 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+13, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜口田中十 (YRWLJ), four-corner 0664₁, composition ⿰言睪)

Descendants

• 訳 译

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1183, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36023
• Dae Jaweon: page 1646, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4024, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8B6F

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Chinese

trad.		譯
simp.		译

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／形声, OC *laːɡ) : semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 睪 (OC *neb, *laːɡ, *kuː).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 譯

1. to translate
2. to decode; to decipher
3. (historical) an alternate name for the Beidi tribes used during the Ming Dynasty

Synonyms

• (to translate): 翻 (fān), 翻譯／翻译 (fānyì)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	訳
Kyūjitai	譯

Kanji

譯

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

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Readings

• Go-on: やく (yaku)
• Kan-on: えき (eki)
• Kun: わけ (wake, 譯); とく (toku)

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Korean

Hanja

譯 • (yeok) (hangeul 역, revised yeok, McCune–Reischauer yŏk, Yale yek)

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Compounds

• 飜譯 (번역 (beonyeok))

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 譯 (dịch)

1. to translate

Usage notes

• Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese equivalent is dịch.

References

• www.chunom.org