龠

龠 · yuè

flute; pipe, ancient measure; Kangxi radical 214

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
yuè
Cantonese
joek6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

flute; pipe, ancient measure; Kangxi radical 214

Dictionary definitions & readings

龠 yuè · ancient unit of volume (half a 合 gě, equivalent to 50ml); ancient flute

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74807.010:yuè Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1428.080:yuè Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
453.170:yuè Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
yuè粵joek6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヤク ふえ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
약:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
以灼 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
OMRB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
8022.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1538.250 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
501.13 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1119a Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9FA0
Radical
龠 · 214
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
0
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6267

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
龠
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 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 18295; 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
1577.503
kCowles
5187
kDaeJaweon
2080.010
kFennIndex
655.05
kGSR
1119a
kHanYu
74807.010
kIRGDaeJaweon
2080.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74807.010
kIRGKangXi
1538.250
kKangXi
1538.250
kMatthews
7496
kMeyerWempe
3877a
kMorohashi
48882
kNelson
5446
kSBGY
501.13
kSMSZD2003Index
833.13
kCangjie
OMRB
kFenn
567K
kFourCornerCode
8022.7
kHDZRadBreak
⿕[U+2FD5]:74807.010
kMojiJoho
MJ030164
kPhonetic
1527
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-595F
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EFB6
kIRG_JSource
J0-737E
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-928A
kIRG_KSource
K1-6678
kIRG_TSource
T2-6142
kRSUnicode
214.0
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EFB6
kCCCII
23606B
kCNS1986
2-6142
kCNS1992
2-6142
kEACC
23606B
kGB0
5763
kGB1
5763
kJis0
8394
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7900
kTGH
2013:6267
kTaiwanTelegraph
7900
kXerox
310:244
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7473+214.17.0
kCantonese
joek6
kDefinition
flute; pipe, ancient measure; Kangxi radical 214
kFanqie
以灼
kHangul
약:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74807.010:yuè
kJapanese
ヤク ふえ
kJapaneseKun
FUE
kJapaneseOn
YAKU
kKorean
YAK
kMandarin
yuè
kSMSZD2003Readings
yuè粵joek6
kTGHZ2013
453.170:yuè
kXHC1983
1428.080:yuè
kSemanticVariant
U+7C65

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 龠4forms using this shape3attributed sound links

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿳{88}𠱠𠕁$(GHTJKP) · preserved, not fully parsed

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