瀹

瀹 · yuè

to boil; to wash, to cleanse, to soak

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
yuè
Cantonese
joek6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

to boil; to wash, to cleanse, to soak

Dictionary definitions & readings

瀹 yuè · to cleanse; to boil

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
31788.100:yuè,yào Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1428.090:yuè Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
453.180:yuè Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
yuè粵joek6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヤク ヨウ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
以灼 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
EOMB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3812.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0661.160 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
501.08 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1119d Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7039
Radical
水 · 85
Strokes
20
Residual strokes
17
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #8067

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

20 strokes
瀹
Strokes
20
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

20 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
yak · 以灼 · 宕開三入陽以 · #3538

PHONO-ML, source line 18290; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
839.401
kDaeJaweon
1071.020
kGSR
1119d
kHanYu
31788.100
kIRGDaeJaweon
1071.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
31788.100
kIRGKangXi
0661.160
kKangXi
0661.160
kMatthews
7497
kMeyerWempe
3877h
kMorohashi
18709
kSBGY
501.08
kSMSZD2003Index
391.05
kCangjie
EOMB
kFourCornerCode
3812.7
kMojiJoho
MJ016202
kPhonetic
1527
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-652E
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F465
kIRG_JSource
J14-6F4E
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-5477
kIRG_KSource
K2-4344
kIRG_TSource
T2-6933
kRSUnicode
85.17
kTotalStrokes
20
kBigFive
F465
kCCCII
224F53
kCNS1986
2-6933
kCNS1992
2-6933
kEACC
224F53
kGB0
6914
kGB1
6914
kJIS0213
2,79,46
kJis1
4121
kMainlandTelegraph
3485
kTGH
2013:8067
kTaiwanTelegraph
3485
kXerox
300:065
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+14742+85.3.17 C+14742+214.17.3
kCantonese
joek6
kDefinition
to boil; to wash, to cleanse, to soak
kFanqie
以灼
kHanyuPinyin
31788.100:yuè,yào
kJapanese
ヤク ヨウ
kJapaneseKun
HITASU
kJapaneseOn
SEKU YOU
kMandarin
yuè
kSMSZD2003Readings
yuè粵joek6
kTGHZ2013
453.180:yuè
kXHC1983
1428.090:yuè

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Structure & connections

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Shape description
氵 beside 龠 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰氵龠$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰氵龠$(GHTJKP)

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