櫟

See also: 檪 and 栎

櫟 U+6ADF, 櫟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6ADF ← 櫞 [U+6ADE] CJK Unified Ideographs 櫠 → [U+6AE0]

Translingual

Traditional	櫟
Shinjitai (extended)	檪
Simplified	栎

Han character

櫟 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 木女戈木 (DVID), four-corner 4299₄, composition ⿰木樂)

Derived characters

• 𤄿

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 560, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15823
• Dae Jaweon: page 949, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1314, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6ADF

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
樂	*ŋraːwɢs, *raːwɢ, *ŋraːwɢ
轢	*raːd, *raːwɢ, *reːwɢ
濼	*pqʰlaːwɢ, *raːwɢ, *reːwɢ, *pqʰloːwɢ, *roːwɢ, *roːwɢ
躒	*raːwɢ, *reːwɢ
擽	*rawɢ, *reːwɢ
爍	*qʰljawɢ
鑠	*qʰljawɢ
藥	*lawɢ
櫟	*lawɢ, *reːwɢ
纅	*lawɢ
礫	*reːwɢ
瓅	*reːwɢ
皪	*reːwɢ
觻	*reːwɢ, *roːwɢ
嚛	*qʰloːwɢ, *qʰloːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lawɢ, *reːwɢ): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 樂 (OC *ŋraːwɢs, *raːwɢ, *ŋraːwɢ).

Etymology 1

trad.		櫟
simp.		栎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lik¹ / lik⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): le̍k / lo̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lêh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lì
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴
    • Yale: lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lik¹ / lik⁶
    • Yale: līk / lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lik⁷ / lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lig¹ / lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪk̚⁵/, /lɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k / lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: li̍k / lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lek, lok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪk̚⁴/, /lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪk̚²⁴/, /lɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹/, /lɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪk̚⁴/, /lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴/, /lɔk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: le̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leʔ⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: lek

Rime
Character	櫟
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎擊切
Baxter	lek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/lek̚/
Wang Li	/liek̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/liek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	櫟
Reading #	2/2
No.	7687
Phonetic component	樂
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	靂
Old Chinese	/*reːwɢ/

Definitions

櫟

1. oak trees

   • 山有苞櫟、隰有六駮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     山有苞栎、隰有六驳。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shān yǒu bāolì, xí yǒu liù bó. [Pinyin]

     On the mountain are the bushy oaks; In the low wet grounds are six elms.

2. chestnut-leaved oak
3. railing
4. to fight with; to wrestle against
5. to scrape an implement to produce a sound

Compounds

• 栓皮櫟 / 栓皮栎
• 樗櫟 / 樗栎
• 樗櫟庸材 / 樗栎庸材
• 櫟散 / 栎散
• 櫟果 / 栎果
• 櫟樹 / 栎树 (lìshù)
• 櫟釜 / 栎釜
• 社櫟 / 社栎

Etymology 2

trad.		櫟
simp.		栎
alternative forms		㰛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): iag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴
    • Yale: ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
    • Palladius: юэ (jue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngok⁶
    • Yale: ngohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iak̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: yak

Rime
Character	櫟
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以灼切
Baxter	yak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/iɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨak̚/
Li Rong	/iak̚/
Wang Li	/jĭak̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joek6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤewk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lawɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	櫟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lì
Middle Chinese	‹ lek ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁewk/
English	oak
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	櫟
Reading #	1/2
No.	7681
Phonetic component	樂
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	藥
Old Chinese	/*lawɢ/

Definitions

櫟

1. only used in 櫟陽／栎阳