躍

See also: 跃

躍 U+8E8D, 躍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E8D ← 躌 [U+8E8C] CJK Unified Ideographs 躎 → [U+8E8E]

Translingual

Han character

躍 (radical 157, 足+14, 21 strokes, cangjie input 口一尸一土 (RMSMG), four-corner 6711₄, composition ⿰𧾷翟)

References

• KangXi: page 1235, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37955
• Dae Jaweon: page 1707, character 40
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3746, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8E8D

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Chinese

trad.		躍
simp.		跃
alternative forms		䟑 ancient

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
櫂	*r'eːwɢs
濯	*r'eːwɢs, *r'eːwɢ
耀	*lewɢs
曜	*lewɢs
燿	*lewɢs
糶	*l̥ʰeːwɢs
粜	*l̥ʰeːwɢs
嬥	*l'eːw, *l'eːwʔ, *l'eːwɢs, *r'eːwɢ
藋	*l'eːwɢs
躍	*lewɢ
戳	*r'eːwɢ
擢	*r'eːwɢ
蠗	*r'eːwɢ
鸐	*r'eːwɢ
翟	*r'aːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ
趯	*l̥ʰeːwɢ
籊	*l̥ʰeːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ
糴	*l'eːwɢ
䊮	*l'eːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *lewɢ): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 翟 (OC *r'aːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuè, yào (yue⁴, yao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ, ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶, joek³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhiok

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yog⁵

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): io̍k / ia̍k / chhio̍k / iāu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yào
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ
    • Wade–Giles: yao4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaw
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yào
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Note: yào - rare colloquial variant.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: joek⁶, joek³
    • Yale: yeuhk, yeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹, joek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶, yêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœ̽ːk̚²/, /jœ̽ːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiok
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯ok̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /iɔk̚¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍k
    • Tâi-lô: io̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iak
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iak̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tshio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iāu
    • Tâi-lô: iāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iaʊ²²/

Note:

• io̍k/ia̍k - literary;
• chhio̍k - vernacular;
• iāu - common variant.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: iag⁴
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iak
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iak̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: /jɨɐk̚/

Rime
Character	躍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以灼切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/iɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨak̚/
Li Rong	/iak̚/
Wang Li	/jĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuè

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lewk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lewɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	躍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yuè
Middle Chinese	‹ yak ›
Old Chinese	/*lewk/
English	leap, jump
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	躍
Reading #	1/1
No.	2220
Phonetic component	翟
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	藥
Old Chinese	/*lewɢ/

Definitions

躍

1. to jump; to leap
2. A surname​.

Compounds

• 一躍而起／一跃而起
• 兔躍／兔跃
• 喜躍／喜跃 (xǐyuè)
• 喜躍抃舞／喜跃抃舞
• 大躍進／大跃进 (Dàyuèjìn)
• 忭躍／忭跃
• 欣喜雀躍／欣喜雀跃 (xīnxǐ quèyuè)
• 欣躍／欣跃
• 歡忻踴躍／欢忻踊跃
• 歡欣踴躍／欢欣踊跃
• 歡躍／欢跃 (huānyuè)
• 活躍／活跃 (huóyuè)
• 翻躍／翻跃
• 舞刀躍馬／舞刀跃马
• 距躍／距跃

• 跳躍／跳跃 (tiàoyuè)
• 跳躍比賽／跳跃比赛
• 踴躍／踊跃 (yǒngyuè)
• 躍動／跃动 (yuèdòng)
• 躍升／跃升
• 躍居／跃居
• 躍然／跃然 (yuèrán)
• 躍然紙上／跃然纸上 (yuèránzhǐshàng)
• 躍變／跃变
• 躍起／跃起
• 躍躍／跃跃
• 躍躍欲試／跃跃欲试 (yuèyuèyùshì)
• 躍躍狂徒／跃跃狂徒
• 躍進／跃进 (yuèjìn)

• 躍馬／跃马 (yuèmǎ)
• 躍馬揚鞭／跃马扬鞭
• 躩躍／躩跃
• 雀躍／雀跃 (quèyuè)
• 飛躍／飞跃 (fēiyuè)
• 馬躍檀溪／马跃檀溪
• 騰躍／腾跃
• 魚躍鳶飛／鱼跃鸢飞
• 魚躍龍門／鱼跃龙门
• 鳧趨雀躍／凫趋雀跃
• 鳶飛魚躍／鸢飞鱼跃
• 龍躍天衢／龙跃天衢
• 龍躍鳳鳴／龙跃凤鸣 (lóngyuèfèngmíng)
• 龍騰虎躍／龙腾虎跃

References

• “躍”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

躍

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. to dance
2. to leap; to skip

Readings

• Go-on: やく (yaku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: やく (yaku, Jōyō)
• Kun: おどる (odoru, 躍る, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 一躍(いちやく) (ichiyaku)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 躍 (MC jɨɐk̚). Recorded as Middle Korean 약〮 (Yale: yak) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

躍 (eumhun 뛸 약 (ttwil yak))

1. Hanja form^? of 약 (“leap”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 도약 (跳躍, doyak)
• 약동 (躍動, yakdong)
• 약진 (躍進, yakjin)
• 활약 (活躍, hwaryak)
• 비약 (飛躍, biyak)
• 맹활약 (猛活躍, maenghwaryak)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

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Vietnamese

Han character

躍 (dược)

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