劇

See also: 剧
劇 U+5287, 劇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5287
← 劆
[U+5286]
CJK Unified Ideographs 劈 →
[U+5288]

Translingual

Han character

劇 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 難卜人中弓 (XYOLN) or 卜人中弓 (YOLN), four-corner 22200, composition ⿰豦刂)

Derived characters

  • 㘌, 𤁴, 𥗌

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 144, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2218
  • Dae Jaweon: page 325, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 358, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5287

Chinese

trad. 劇
simp. 剧

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡaɡ) : phonetic 豦 (OC *kas, *ɡa) + semantic 刀 (“knife”).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • kia̍k/ke̍k - literary;
  • kio̍k - vernacular (俗).
    • Wu
      • (Shanghai):
        • Wugniu: 8jiq; 8jiaq
        • MiniDict: jih入; jiah入
        • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 5jjiq; 5jjiaq
        • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑiɪʔ¹²/, /d͡ʑiaʔ¹²/

Rime
Character 劇
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 陌 (115)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 奇逆切
Baxter gjaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡˠiæk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡᵚiak̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiak̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/giajk̚/
Li
Rong
/ɡiɐk̚/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭɐk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/giɐk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gik6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 劇
Reading # 1/1
No. 5282
Phonetic
component
虍
Rime
group
鐸
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
劇
Old
Chinese
/*ɡaɡ/

Definitions

劇

  1. theatrical work; play; opera; drama (Classifier: 部 m; 套 c)
  2. † many; diverse; numerous
  3. † great; powerful
  4. † severe; acute; intense
  5. † hard; difficult
  6. † fortress; stronghold
  7. † fast; rapid
  8. † to play and joke
  9. 76th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "aggravation" (𝍑)
  10. a surname: Ju

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

⿰虍刂, ryakuji for 劇.

Kanji

劇

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. theatrical play
  2. drama

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
劇
げき
Grade: 6
kan’yōon

From Middle Chinese 劇/剧.

Pronunciation

Noun

劇(げき) • (geki) 

  1. play

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

劇 (eumhun 심할 극 (simhal geuk))

  1. Hanja form? of 극 (“theatrical plays, opera, drama”).
  2. Hanja form? of 극 (“excessive, extreme”).

Vietnamese

Han character

劇: Hán Nôm readings: kịch, cạch, kếch, kệch

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