弈

弈 U+5F08, 弈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F08 ← 弇 [U+5F07] CJK Unified Ideographs 弉 → [U+5F09]

Translingual

Han character

弈 (Kangxi radical 55, 廾+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜金廿 (YCT), four-corner 0044₃, composition ⿱亦廾)

1. Chinese chess

Derived characters

• 㴒

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 354, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9611
• Dae Jaweon: page 669, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 517, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5F08

Chinese

trad.		弈
simp. #		弈

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 弈
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
夜	*laːɡs
鵺	*laːɡs
迹	*ʔsleːɡ
跡	*ʔsleːɡ
亦	*laːɡ
弈	*laːɡ
奕	*laːɡ
帟	*laːɡ
腋	*laːɡ
掖	*laːɡ
焲	*laːɡ
液	*laːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yi̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ia̍k / e̍k

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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: jik⁶
    • Yale: yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: id
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍k
    • Tâi-lô: i̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ek
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /iɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚¹²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yek

Rime
Character	弈
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jik6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)Ak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*laːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	弈
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ yek ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ](r)Ak/
English	uneasy
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	弈
Reading #	1/1
No.	14997
Phonetic component	亦
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	繹
Old Chinese	/*laːɡ/

Definitions

弈

1. Go (Classical Chinese term for the board game Go, commonly known in Modern Chinese as 圍棋／围棋 (wéiqí))
2. to play Go
3. Alternative form of 奕 (yì)

Compounds

• 博弈 (bóyì)
• 博弈論／博弈论 (bóyìlùn)
• 對弈／对弈 (duìyì)
• 弈棋 (yìqí)
• 弈楸
• 長安如弈／长安如弈
• 零和博弈 (línghé bóyì)

 

Japanese

Kanji

弈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Chinese chess

Readings

• On (unclassified): えき (eki); やく (yaku)

Korean

Hanja

弈 (eum 혁 (hyeok))

1. Chinese chess

Vietnamese

Han character

弈: Hán Nôm readings: dịch

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References

• Nom Foundation