弈

弈 U+5F08, 弈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F08 ← 弇 [U+5F07] CJK Unified Ideographs 弉 → [U+5F09]

Translingual

Han character

弈 (Kangxi radical 55, 廾+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜金廿 (YCT), four-corner 0044₃, composition ⿱亦廾)

1. Chinese chess

Derived characters

• 㴒

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 354, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9611
• Dae Jaweon: page 669, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 517, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5F08

Chinese

trad.		弈
simp. #		弈

Glyph origin

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

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): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yi̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ia̍k / e̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: jik⁶
    • Yale: yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: id
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍k
    • Tâi-lô: i̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ek
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /iɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚¹²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yek

Rime
Character	弈
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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)Ak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*laːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	弈
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ yek ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ](r)Ak/
English	uneasy
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	弈
Reading #	1/1
No.	14997
Phonetic component	亦
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	繹
Old Chinese	/*laːɡ/

Definitions

弈

1. (literary) Go (board game)

   Synonym: 圍棋 / 围棋 (wéiqí)

2. to play Go
3. alternative form of 奕 (yì)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 圍棋 (“Go (board game)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		弈
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		圍棋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	圍棋
	Taiwan	圍棋
	Chengde	圍棋
	Chifeng	圍棋
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	圍棋
	Heihe	圍棋
	Qiqihar	圍棋
	Harbin	圍棋
	Jiamusi	圍棋
	Baicheng	圍棋
	Changchun	圍棋
	Tonghua	圍棋
	Shenyang	圍棋
	Jinzhou	圍棋
	Singapore	圍棋
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	圍棋
	Tangshan	圍棋
	Cangzhou	圍棋
	Baoding	圍棋
	Shijiazhuang	圍棋
	Lijin	圍棋
	Jinan	圍棋
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	圍棋
	Dandong	圍棋
	Yantai	圍棋
	Yantai (Muping)	圍棋
	Qingdao	圍棋
	Zhucheng	圍棋
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	圍棋
	Jining	圍棋
	Linfen	圍棋
	Shangqiu	圍棋
	Yuanyang	圍棋
	Zhengzhou	圍棋
	Xinyang	圍棋
	Baihe	圍棋
	Xi'an	圍棋
	Baoji	圍棋
	Tianshui	圍棋
	Xining	圍棋
	Xuzhou	圍棋
	Fuyang	圍棋
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	圍棋
	Lanzhou	圍棋
	Dunhuang	圍棋
	Hami	圍棋
	Ürümqi	圍棋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	圍棋
	Nanchong	圍棋
	Dazhou	圍棋
	Hanyuan	圍棋
	Xichang	圍棋
	Zigong	圍棋
	Chongqing	圍棋
	Wuhan	圍棋
	Yichang	圍棋
	Xiangyang	圍棋
	Tianmen	圍棋
	Guiyang	圍棋
	Zunyi	圍棋
	Bijie	圍棋
	Liping	圍棋
	Zhaotong	圍棋
	Dali	圍棋
	Kunming	圍棋
	Mengzi	圍棋
	Guilin	圍棋
	Liuzhou	圍棋
	Jishou	圍棋
	Changde	圍棋
	Hanzhong	圍棋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	圍棋
	Yangzhou	圍棋
	Lianyungang	圍棋
	Lianshui	圍棋
	Nantong	圍棋
	Anqing	圍棋
	Wuhu	圍棋
	Hefei	圍棋
	Hong'an	圍棋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	圍棋
	Hong Kong	圍棋
	Taishan	圍棋
	Dongguan	圍棋
Gan	Nanchang	圍棋
	Lichuan	圍棋
	Pingxiang	圍棋
Hakka	Meixian	圍棋
	Yudu	圍棋
Huizhou	Jixi	圍棋
	Shexian	圍棋
Jin	Taiyuan	圍棋
	Yangyuan	圍棋
	Datong	圍棋
	Xinzhou	圍棋
	Lüliang (Lishi)	圍棋
	Changzhi	圍棋
	Linhe	圍棋
	Jining	圍棋
	Hohhot	圍棋
	Erenhot	圍棋
	Pingshan	圍棋
	Zhangjiakou	圍棋
	Handan	圍棋
	Linzhou	圍棋
	Suide	圍棋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	圍棋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	圍棋
Southern Min	Xiamen	圍棋
	Quanzhou	圍棋
	Zhangzhou	圍棋
	Tainan	圍棋
	Haikou	圍棋
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	圍棋
Wu	Shanghai	圍棋
	Shanghai (Chongming)	圍棋
	Suzhou	圍棋
	Danyang	圍棋
	Hangzhou	圍棋
	Ningbo	圍棋
	Wenzhou	圍棋
	Jinhua	圍棋
Xiang	Changsha	圍棋

Compounds

• 博弈 (bóyì)
• 博弈論 / 博弈论 (bóyìlùn)
• 對弈 / 对弈 (duìyì)
• 弈棋 (yìqí)
• 弈楸
• 長安如弈 / 长安如弈
• 零和博弈 (línghé bóyì)

Japanese

Kanji

弈

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. go (ancient Chinese board game)
2. to play go

Readings

• Go-on: やく (yaku)
• Kan-on: えき (eki)

Korean

Hanja

弈 (eum 혁 (hyeok))

1. Chinese chess

Vietnamese

Han character

弈: Hán Nôm readings: dịch

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References

• Nom Foundation