譯

See also: 译 and 訳
譯 U+8B6F, 譯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B6F
← 譮
[U+8B6E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 議 →
[U+8B70]

Translingual
Traditional 譯
Shinjitai 訳
Simplified 译

Han character

譯 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+13, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜口田中十 (YRWLJ), four-corner 06641, composition ⿰訁睪)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1183, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36023
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1646, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4024, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+8B6F

Chinese
trad. 譯
simp. 译

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (睪) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
斁 *ʔl'aːɡs, *l'aːɡs, *laːɡ
籜 *l̥ʰaːɡ
蘀 *l̥ʰaːɡ
鐸 *l'aːɡ
凙 *l'aːɡ
襗 *l'aːɡ, *rlaːɡ, *laːɡ
擇 *rlaːɡ
澤 *rlaːɡ
鸅 *rlaːɡ
蠌 *rlaːɡ
檡 *rlaːɡ, *hljaɡ
釋 *hljaɡ
繹 *laːɡ
睪 *neb, *laːɡ, *kuː
譯 *laːɡ
嶧 *laːɡ
懌 *laːɡ
驛 *laːɡ
醳 *laːɡ
圛 *laːɡ
墿 *laːɡ
燡 *laːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *laːɡ) : semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 睪 (OC *neb, *laːɡ, *kuː).

Etymology

Same word as 繹 (OC *laːɡ, “to unravel”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 譯
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
Baxter yek
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 jik6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 譯
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ yek ›
Old
Chinese		 /*lAk/
English interpret

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 譯
Reading # 1/1
No. 15138
Phonetic
component		 睪
Rime
group		 鐸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 繹
Old
Chinese		 /*laːɡ/

Definitions

譯

  1. to translate; to interpret
    直譯／直译  ―  zhíyì  ―  to translate literally
    把書譯成中文／把书译成中文  ―  bǎ shū yì chéng zhōngwén  ―  to translate the book into Chinese
  2. to decode; to decipher
  3. a surname

Synonyms

Hyponyms
  • (to translate): 筆譯／笔译 (bǐyì, “to do written translation”), 口譯／口译 (kǒuyì, “to do interpreting”)

Compounds

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (譯):
  • → Japanese: 訳(やく) (yaku)
  • → Korean: 역(譯) (yeok)
  • → Vietnamese: dịch (譯)

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

 訳

Kyūjitai

 譯

Kanji
譯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 訳)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

譯 • (yeok) (hangeul 역, revised yeok, McCune–Reischauer yŏk, Yale yek)

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Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

譯: Hán Việt readings: dịch

  1. chữ Hán form of dịch (“to translate; translation”).

References
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