籥

Translingual

Han character

籥 (radical 118 竹+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 竹人一月 (HOMB), four-corner 8822₇)

1. key
2. an ancient notched vertical bamboo flute with three finger holes; still used in Korean court ritual music

References

• KangXi: page 905, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26771
• Dae Jaweon: page 1330, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3032, character 12
• Unihan data for U+7C65

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Cantonese

Hanzi

籥 (Yale yeuk6)

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Japanese

Kanji

籥

Readings

• On: やく (yaku)
• Kun: ふえ (fue)

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Korean

Hanja

籥 (hangeul 약, revised yak, McCune-Reischauer yak, Yale yak)

Noun

1. an ancient notched vertical bamboo flute, of Chinese origin, with three finger holes; used today only in Confucian ritual music and dance in South Korea

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ yɛ˥˩ ]

Noun

籥 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yuè)

1. (archaic) a musical instrument (a type of flute)

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Middle Chinese

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ǐak]

Noun

籥

1. a musical instrument (a type of flute)

Descendants

• Cantonese: 籥 (yeuk6)
• Mandarin: 籥 (yuè)
• Min Nan: 籥 (io̍k)

External links

• http://www.sungwh.freeserve.co.uk/chinese/gy-pshy.htm

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ iɔk˥˥ ]

Noun

籥 (traditional and simplified, POJ io̍k)

1. (archaic) a musical instrument (a type of flute)