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液 (Kangxi radical 85,水+8, 11 strokes,cangjie input水卜人大 (EYOK),four-corner30147,composition⿰氵夜)
| trad. | 液 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp.# | 液 | |
| alternative forms | 洂 | |
| Historical forms of the character液 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) |
| Small seal script |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*laːɡ): semantic 氵(“water”) + phonetic 夜(OC*laːɡs) – a liquid, like water.
FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*s-rjak(“oil; fat; grease”).
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 液 |
| 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯ɛk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jik6 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 液 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ yek › |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢrAk/ |
| English | fluid |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 液 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15003 |
| Phonetic component | 亦 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 繹 |
| Old Chinese | /*laːɡ/ |
液
| Kanji in this term |
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| 液 |
| えき Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi |
FromMiddle Chinese液(yek,“liquid”).