譯

See also: 译 and 訳

譯	U+8B6F, 譯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B6F

← 譮
[U+8B6E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

議 →
[U+8B70]

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 ⿰訁睪)

Related characters

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

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).

Etymology

Same word as 繹 (OC *laːɡ, “to unravel”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yi²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jik⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): yet⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): it⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yi̍t

(Meixian, Guangdong): yid⁶
Jin (Wiktionary): ieh⁴ / i³
Northern Min (KCR): ĭ
Eastern Min (BUC): ĭk
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): e̍k / ia̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): êg⁸
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸yiq
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): i⁶

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/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: yi²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: i
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹/
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/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: it⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /it̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: id
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /it̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)id
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yid⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /it̚⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ieh⁴ / i³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /iəʔ²/, /i⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍k
  - Tâi-lô: i̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ek
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸yiq
  - MiniDict: yih^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhiq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɪʔ¹²/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: i⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²⁴/

Middle Chinese: yek

Rime
Character	譯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	昔 (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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jik⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lAk/

(Zhengzhang): /*laːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	譯
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ yek ›
Old Chinese	/*lAk/
English	interpret
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	譯
Reading #	1/1
No.	15138
Phonetic component	睪
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	繹
Old Chinese	/*laːɡ/

Definitions

譯

to translate; to interpret
直譯／直译 ― zhíyì ― to translate literally

把書譯成中文／把书译成中文 ― bǎ shū yì chéng zhōngwén ― to translate the book into Chinese
to decode; to decipher
a surname

Synonyms

(to translate): 翻譯／翻译 (fānyì), 傳譯／传译 (chuányì), 翻 (fān)

Hyponyms

(to translate): 筆譯／笔译 (bǐyì, “to do written translation”), 口譯／口译 (kǒuyì, “to do interpreting”)

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (譯):

→ Japanese: 訳(やく) (yaku)
→ Korean: 역(譯) (yeok)
→ Vietnamese: dịch (譯)

References

“譯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	訳
Kyūjitai	譯

Kanji

譯

(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)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Compounds

飜譯 (번역 (beonyeok))

Vietnamese

Han character

譯: Hán Việt readings: dịch

chữ Hán form of dịch (“to translate; translation”).

References

www.chunom.org