掖

掖 U+6396, 掖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6396 ← 掕 [U+6395] CJK Unified Ideographs 掗 → [U+6397]

Translingual

Han character

掖 (radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手卜人大 (QYOK), four-corner 5004₇, composition ⿰扌夜)

1. support with the arms
2. stick in, tuck in
3. fold up

References

• KangXi: page 437, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12262
• Dae Jaweon: page 787, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1903, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6396

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		掖

Glyph origin

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): yē, yè, yì (ye¹, ye⁴, yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝ, ㄧㄝˋ, ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶, jat⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): ia̍k / e̍k / iǎ / iā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yē
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ
    • Wade–Giles: yeh¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ie
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ye
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik⁶, jat⁶
    • Yale: yihk, yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹, jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶, yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚²/, /jɐt̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍k
    • Tâi-lô: i̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iǎ
    • Tâi-lô: iǎ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ia²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iā
    • Tâi-lô: iā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ia
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ia³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ia²²/

Note:

• ia̍k/e̍k - literary;
• iǎ/iā - vernacular (俗).

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• Middle Chinese: /jiᴇk̚/▼

Rime
Character	掖
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
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)Ak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*laːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	掖
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yè
Middle Chinese	‹ yek ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ](r)Ak/
English	armpit
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	掖
Reading #	1/1
No.	15001
Phonetic component	亦
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	繹
Old Chinese	/*laːɡ/

Definitions

掖

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Compounds

• 張掖／张掖 (Zhāngyè)

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Japanese

Kanji

掖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): えき (eki)
• Kun: わきばさむ (wakibasamu); たすける (tasukeru); わき (waki)

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Korean

Hanja

掖 (eum 액 (aek))

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Vietnamese

Han character

掖: Hán Nôm readings: dịch

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References

• Nom Foundation