佾

佾

佾 U+4F7E, 佾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F7E ← 佽 [U+4F7D] CJK Unified Ideographs 使 → [U+4F7F]

Translingual

Han character

佾 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人金月 (OCB), four-corner 2822₇, composition ⿰亻䏌)

1. a row or file of dancers

References

• KangXi: page 101, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 572
• Dae Jaweon: page 213, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 150, character 6
• Unihan data for U+4F7E

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Chinese

trad.		佾
simp. #		佾
alternative forms		𢔍 溢 䏌

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佾
Small seal script s05916
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
洕	*lins
佾	*lɯd
屑	*slɯːd, *sluːd
榍	*slɯːd
糏	*slɯːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶
    • Yale: yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: /jiɪt̚/

Rime
Character	佾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	眞 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	夷質切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/jet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jit̚/
Li Rong	/iĕt̚/
Wang Li	/jĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jat6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[N.]r[i]t/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lɯd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	佾
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ yit ›
Old Chinese	/*[N.]r[i]t/
English	row of dancers
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	佾
Reading #	1/1
No.	15062
Phonetic component	佾
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	逸
Old Chinese	/*lɯd/

Definitions

佾

1. (historical) a row of dancers during a sacrificial rite

   八佾  ―  bāyì  ―  eight rows of eight dancers (mentioned in the Analects)

Compounds

佾生 佾舞

佾舞生

八佾 (bāyì)

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Japanese

Kanji

佾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. row or file of dancers

Readings

• Go-on: いち (ichi)
• Kan-on: いつ (itsu)
• Kun: やすい (yasui, 佾い); やすんずる (yasunzuru, 佾んずる)

Compounds

• 八(はち)佾(いつ) (hachiitsu): ancient Chinese dance performed by 64 people

Usage notes

Used only once in the Nihon Shoki to erroneously spell the 借音 (shakuon) kana ⟨ra⟩:

• 720, Nihon Shoki (page 214)

  [...]　八(やつ)佾(ら)之(の)儛(まひ)　[...] [Man'yōgana]

  [...]　八(やつ)佾(ら)の舞(まひ)　[...] [Modern spelling]

  ...yatsura no mai...

  ...the "bayi" dance...

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Korean

Hanja

佾 • (il) (hangeul 일, revised il, McCune–Reischauer il)

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