臄

See also: 𧮫 and 腒

臄 U+81C4, 臄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81C4 ← 臃 [U+81C3] CJK Unified Ideographs 臅 → [U+81C5]

Translingual

Han character

臄 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月卜心人 (BYPO), four-corner 7123₂, composition ⿰月豦(GK) or ⿰⺼豦(HT))

Related characters

• 𧮫 (Main character for the pronunciation "jué" based on Shuowen)
• 腒 (Main character for the pronunciation "jū" based on Jiyun)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 996, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29949
• Dae Jaweon: page 1447, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2115, character 15
• Unihan data for U+81C4

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
唬	*qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ
戲	*qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː
巇	*qʰra
隵	*qʰra
嚱	*qʰras
盧	*b·raː
鑪	*raː
壚	*raː
籚	*raː
蘆	*raː, *ra
顱	*b·raː
髗	*b·raː
鱸	*raː
攎	*raː
櫨	*raː
轤	*raː
黸	*raː
獹	*raː
鸕	*raː
艫	*raː
纑	*raː
瀘	*raː
瓐	*raː
爐	*raː
嚧	*raː
矑	*b·raː
罏	*raː
蠦	*raː
虜	*raːʔ
擄	*raːʔ
艣	*raːʔ
鐪	*raːʔ
虖	*qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa
虍	*qʰaː
雐	*qʰʷlaː
虎	*qʰlaːʔ
琥	*qʰlaːʔ
萀	*qʰlaːʔ
臚	*b·ra
廬	*ra
驢	*b·ra
藘	*ra
爈	*ra, *ras
櫖	*ra, *ras
儢	*raʔ
慮	*ras
勴	*ras
鑢	*ras
濾	*ras
攄	*r̥ʰa
處	*kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas
豦	*kas, *ɡa
據	*kas
鐻	*kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ
澽	*kas, *ɡas
虛	*kʰa, *qʰa
墟	*kʰa
懅	*ɡa
蘧	*ɡa, *ɡʷa
籧	*ɡa
醵	*ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ
璩	*ɡa
虡	*ɡaʔ
遽	*ɡas
勮	*ɡas
噓	*qʰa, *qʰas
驉	*qʰa
歔	*qʰa
魖	*qʰa
膚	*pla
虧	*kʰʷral
噱	*ɡaɡ
臄	*ɡaɡ
劇	*ɡaɡ
諕	*qʰʷraːɡ

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

Etymology 1

trad.		臄
simp. #		臄
alternative forms		⿰月⿸𮓗豕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jué (jue²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): koek⁶ / kek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²
    • Yale: jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
    • Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: koek⁶ / kek⁶
    • Yale: keuhk / kehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koek⁹ / kek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêg⁶ / kég⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰœːk̚²/, /kʰɛːk̚²/

Note:

• koek6 - colloquial;
• kek6 - variant.

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• Middle Chinese: gjak

Rime
Character	臄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其虐切
Baxter	gjak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨak̚/
Li Rong	/ɡiak̚/
Wang Li	/ɡĭak̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jué
Expected Cantonese Reflex	goek6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	臄
Reading #	1/1
No.	5280
Phonetic component	虍
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	噱
Old Chinese	/*ɡaɡ/

Definitions

臄

1. alternative form of 𧮫 (jué, “palate; roof of mouth”)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) tongue
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cut meat
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) (alt. form 𧮫, 𠶸) smiling appearance

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03717
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C13350-005
• “臄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 臄 – see 腒 (“dried fowl meat”). (This character is a variant form of 腒).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03669-001