歋

歋 U+6B4B, 歋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B4B ← 歊 [U+6B4A] CJK Unified Ideographs 歌 → [U+6B4C]

Translingual

Han character

歋 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹山弓人 (HUNO), four-corner 7728₂, composition ⿰虒欠)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 571, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16166
• Dae Jaweon: page 959, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2148, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6B4B

Chinese

trad.		歋
simp. #		歋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
擨	*laː
搋	*hr'eː, *hr'eː
鷈	*l̥ʰeː
謕	*l̥ʰeː, *l'eː, *sle
嗁	*l'eː
蹏	*l'eː
鼶	*l'eː, *sle
遞	*l'eːʔ, *l'eːs
虒	*sle
榹	*sle
磃	*sle
傂	*sle, *l'e, *l'eʔ
螔	*sle, *le
禠	*sle
褫	*l̥ʰɯʔ, *l̥ʰeʔ, *l'e, *l'eʔ
篪	*l'e
歋	*le

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yé (ye²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yé
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yé
    • Wade–Giles: yeh²
    • Yale: yé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ye
    • Palladius: е (je)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴
    • Yale: yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ye

Rime
Character	歋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	弋支切
Baxter	ye
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/jɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiə̆/
Li Rong	/ie/
Wang Li	/jǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/ie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*le/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	歋
Reading #	1/1
No.	11991
Phonetic component	虒
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	移
Old Chinese	/*le/

Definitions

歋

1. Only used in 歋歈 (yéyú).