躍

See also: 跃

躍 U+8E8D, 躍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E8D ← 躌 [U+8E8C] CJK Unified Ideographs 躎 → [U+8E8E]

Translingual

Han character

躍 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+14, 21 strokes, cangjie input 口一尸一土 (RMSMG), four-corner 6711₄, composition ⿰𧾷翟)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1235, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37955
• Dae Jaweon: page 1707, character 40
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3746, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8E8D

Chinese

trad.		躍
simp.		跃
alternative forms		䟑 ancient 趯

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
櫂	*r'eːwɢs
濯	*r'eːwɢs, *r'eːwɢ
耀	*lewɢs
曜	*lewɢs
燿	*lewɢs
糶	*l̥ʰeːwɢs
粜	*l̥ʰeːwɢs
嬥	*l'eːw, *l'eːwʔ, *l'eːwɢs, *r'eːwɢ
藋	*l'eːwɢs
躍	*lewɢ
戳	*r'eːwɢ
擢	*r'eːwɢ
蠗	*r'eːwɢ
鸐	*r'eːwɢ
翟	*r'aːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ
趯	*l̥ʰeːwɢ
籊	*l̥ʰeːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ
糴	*l'eːwɢ
䊮	*l'eːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lewɢ) : semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 翟 (OC *r'aːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuè, yào (yue⁴, yao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ, ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶ / joek³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yok / chhiok

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yog⁵

• Eastern Min (BUC): iŏk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): io̍k / ia̍k / chhio̍k / iāu

  (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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yào
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yào
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴
    • Yale: yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaw
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Note: yào - rare colloquial variant.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: joek⁶ / joek³
    • Yale: yeuhk / yeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹ / joek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶ / yêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚²/, /jœːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yok / chhiok
    • Hakka Romanization System: iog^ˋ / qiog^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yog⁵ / qiog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯ok̚²/, /t͡sʰi̯ok̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yok / chhiok
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iog^ˋ / qiog^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yog⁵ / qiog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯ok̚²/, /t͡sʰi̯ok̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /iɔk̚¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yoʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍k
    • Tâi-lô: io̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iak
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iak̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tshio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iāu
    • Tâi-lô: iāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iau²²/

Note:

• io̍k/ia̍k - literary;
• chhio̍k - vernacular;
• iāu - common variant.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: iag⁴
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iak
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iak̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: yak

Rime
Character	躍
Reading #	1/1
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): /*lewk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lewɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	躍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yuè
Middle Chinese	‹ yak ›
Old Chinese	/*lewk/
English	leap, jump
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	躍
Reading #	1/1
No.	2220
Phonetic component	翟
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	藥
Old Chinese	/*lewɢ/

Definitions

躍

1. to jump; to leap
2. a surname: Yue

Compounds

• 一躍而起 / 一跃而起
• 兔躍 / 兔跃
• 喜躍 / 喜跃 (xǐyuè)
• 喜躍抃舞 / 喜跃抃舞
• 大躍進 / 大跃进 (Dàyuèjìn)
• 忭躍 / 忭跃
• 欣喜雀躍 / 欣喜雀跃 (xīnxǐ quèyuè)
• 欣躍 / 欣跃
• 歡忻踴躍 / 欢忻踊跃
• 歡欣踴躍 / 欢欣踊跃
• 歡躍 / 欢跃 (huānyuè)
• 活躍 / 活跃 (huóyuè)
• 翻躍 / 翻跃
• 舞刀躍馬 / 舞刀跃马
• 距躍 / 距跃
• 跳躍 / 跳跃 (tiàoyuè)
• 跳躍比賽 / 跳跃比赛
• 踊躍 (yǒngyuè)
• 踴躍 / 踊跃 (yǒngyuè)
• 躍動 / 跃动 (yuèdòng)
• 躍升 / 跃升 (yuèshēng)
• 躍居 / 跃居
• 躍然 / 跃然 (yuèrán)
• 躍然紙上 / 跃然纸上 (yuèránzhǐshàng)
• 躍變 / 跃变 (yuèbiàn)
• 躍起 / 跃起
• 躍躍 / 跃跃
• 躍躍欲試 / 跃跃欲试 (yuèyuèyùshì)
• 躍躍狂徒 / 跃跃狂徒
• 躍進 / 跃进 (yuèjìn)
• 躍馬 / 跃马 (yuèmǎ)
• 躍馬揚鞭 / 跃马扬鞭
• 躩躍 / 躩跃
• 雀躍 / 雀跃 (quèyuè)
• 飛躍 / 飞跃 (fēiyuè)
• 馬躍檀溪 / 马跃檀溪
• 騰躍 / 腾跃
• 魚躍鳶飛 / 鱼跃鸢飞
• 魚躍龍門 / 鱼跃龙门
• 鳧趨雀躍 / 凫趋雀跃
• 鳶飛魚躍 / 鸢飞鱼跃
• 龍躍天衢 / 龙跃天衢
• 龍躍鳳鳴 / 龙跃凤鸣 (lóngyuèfèngmíng)
• 龍騰虎躍 / 龙腾虎跃 (lóngténghǔyuè)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tì (ti⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tì
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi⁴
    • Yale: tì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tih
    • Palladius: ти (ti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹/

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Definitions

躍

1. Only used in 躍躍／跃跃 (tìtì).

References

• “躍”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	躍
Kyūjitai	躍󠄁 躍+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	躍󠄃 躍+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

躍

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to dance
2. to leap; to skip

Readings

From Middle Chinese 躍 (MC yak); compare Mandarin 躍 / 跃 (yuè):

• Go-on: やく (yaku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: やく (yaku, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese; compare Mandarin 躍 / 跃 (tì):

• Go-on: ちゃく (chaku)
• Kan-on: てき (teki)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: おどる (odoru, 躍る, Jōyō)^{←をどる (wodoru, 躍る, historical)}、おどらす (odorasu, 躍らす)^{←をどらす (wodorasu, 躍らす, historical)}、おどらせる (odoraseru, 躍らせる)^{←をどらせる (wodoraseru, 躍らせる, historical)}、おどり (odori, 躍り)^{←をどり (wodori, 躍り, historical)}

Compounds

• 一躍(いちやく) (ichiyaku)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 躍 (MC yak). Recorded as Middle Korean 약〮 (yák) (Yale: yak) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [약]

Hanja

Wikisource

躍 (eumhun 뛸 약 (ttwil yak))

1. hanja form^? of 약 (“leap”)

Compounds

• 도약 (跳躍, doyak)
• 맹활약 (猛活躍, maenghwaryak)
• 비약 (飛躍, biyak)
• 약동 (躍動, yakdong)
• 약진 (躍進, yakjin)
• 활약 (活躍, hwaryak)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

躍: Hán Việt readings: dược
躍: Nôm readings: dược, vược

1. chữ Hán form of dược (“leap”).