軼

See also: 轶

軼 U+8EFC, 軼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8EFC ← 軻 [U+8EFB] CJK Unified Ideographs 軽 → [U+8EFD]

Translingual

Han character

軼 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+5, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 十十竹手人 (JJHQO), four-corner 5503₀, composition ⿰車失)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1242, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38275
• Dae Jaweon: page 1718, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3521, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8EFC

Chinese

trad.		軼
simp.		轶

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
眣	*ʔr'aːd, *l'iːɡ, *l̥ʰiɡ
蛈	*l̥ʰiːɡ
迭	*l'iːɡ
跌	*l'iːɡ
瓞	*l'iːɡ
昳	*l'iːɡ
胅	*l'iːɡ
軼	*l'iːɡ, *liɡ
苵	*l'iːɡ
镻	*l'iːɡ
詄	*l'iːɡ
泆	*l'iːɡ, *liɡ
趃	*l'iːɡ
柣	*sl̥ʰiːɡ, *l'iɡ
抶	*l̥ʰiɡ
秩	*l'iɡ
帙	*l'iɡ
紩	*l'iɡ
袠	*l'iɡ
翐	*l'iɡ
妷	*l'iɡ
失	*hliɡ
佚	*liɡ
劮	*liɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'iːɡ, *liɡ): semantic 車 + phonetic 失 (OC *hliɡ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): i̍t
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸yiq

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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: jat⁶
    • Yale: yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i̍t
    • Tâi-lô: i̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: it
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /it̚⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚¹²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸yiq
    • MiniDict: yih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɪʔ¹²/

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• Middle Chinese: yit

Rime
Character	軼
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	夷質切
Baxter	yit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/jet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jit̚/
Li Rong	/iĕt̚/
Wang Li	/jĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*liɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	軼
Reading #	2/2
No.	11428
Phonetic component	失
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	逸
Old Chinese	/*liɡ/

Definitions

軼

1. to surpass; to excel

   • 苟行此道，則何慮不跨兩漢，軼三代，然後踐五帝三皇之塗哉？ [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     苟行此道，则何虑不跨两汉，轶三代，然后践五帝三皇之涂哉？ [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1068, 王安石 (Wang Anshi), Advocacy of Talents（《興賢》）

     Gǒu xíng cǐ dào, zé hé lǜ bù kuà liǎng Hàn, yì sāndài, ránhòu jiàn wǔ dì sān huáng zhī tú zāi? [Pinyin]

     If we strictly abide by these principles, how can we not surpass the Two Hans and exceed the Three Dynasties [namely Xia, Shang, and Zhou] to scale the same flourishing heights as the Three Kings and the Five Lords?

2. to invade; to attack
3. (alt. form 佚, 逸) scattered; lost
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 逸 (yì, “leisurely”)
5. alternative form of 溢 (yì, “to overflow”)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 軼 – see 迭 (“to alternate; to change”). (This character is an obsolete form of 迭).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 軼 – see 轍 (“rut; track”). (This character is an obsolete form of 轍).

Japanese

Kanji

軼

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: いち (ichi)、でち (dechi)
• Kan-on: いつ (itsu)、てつ (tetsu)
• Kun: すぎる (sugiru, 軼ぎる)

Korean

Hanja

軼 (eum 일 (il))

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