曳

See also: 曵

曳	U+66F3, 曳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66F3

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Translingual

Han character

曳 (Kangxi radical 73, 曰+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 中田心 (LWP), four-corner 5000₆)

References

KangXi: page 502, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14282
Dae Jaweon: page 874, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1486, character 5
Unihan data for U+66F3

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
洩	*leds
曳	leds, led
拽	*led

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		曳

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yè, yì
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ, ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jai⁶
Min Nan (POJ): è

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yè
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yè
  - Wade–Giles: yeh⁴
  - Yale: yè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeh
  - Palladius: е (je)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - 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: jai⁶
  - Yale: yaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐi̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: è
  - Tâi-lô: è
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /e²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /e⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /e²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /e¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /e²¹/

Middle Chinese: /jiᴇi^H/

Rime
Character	曳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	餘制切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/jæi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaj^H/
Li Rong	/iɛi^H/
Wang Li	/jĭɛi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jai⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*leds/, /*led/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	曳	曳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14813	14815
Phonetic component	曳	曳
Rime group	祭	月
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	曵	抴
Old Chinese	/*leds/	/*led/

Definitions

曳

^† to drag; to pull
- 填然鼓之，兵刃既接，棄甲曳兵而走。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  填然鼓之，兵刃既接，弃甲曳兵而走。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE
  Tián rán gǔ zhī, bīng rèn jì jiē, qì jiǎ yè bīng ér zǒu. [Pinyin]
  The soldiers move forward to the sound of the drums; and after their weapons have been crossed, on one side they throw away their coats of mail, trail their arms behind them, and run.
Synonyms: 拽 (zhuài), 拖 (tuō), 拉 (lā)
^† to float in the wind; to sway
^† tired; fatigued

Compounds

扯曳
拉曳
拖曳 (tuōyè)
掣曳
曳剌
曳曳
曳步
曳白
曳落河

曳踵
衣不曳地 (yībùyèdì)
心旌搖曳／心旌摇曳
拖曳傘／拖曳伞
拖曳機／拖曳机
搖曳／摇曳 (yáoyè)
搖曳生姿／摇曳生姿
曳光彈／曳光弹 (yèguāngdàn)
曳婁／曳娄

曳尾塗中／曳尾涂中
曳尾泥塗／曳尾泥涂
曳引機／曳引机
曳引車／曳引车
曳裾王門／曳裾王门
棄甲曳兵／弃甲曳兵
臨風搖曳／临风摇曳
迎風搖曳／迎风摇曳
隨風搖曳／随风摇曳

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		曳
alternative forms		呭𠯋

Compare Zhuang yaez.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): jai⁵, jai¹, jai⁴

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jai⁵, jai¹, jai⁴
  - Yale: yáih, yāi, yàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jai⁵, jai¹, jai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yei⁵, yei¹, yei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐi̯¹³/, /jɐi̯⁵⁵/, /jɐi̯²¹/

Note:

jai1 - “naughty”;
jai4 - chiefly “of poor quality”.

Definitions

曳

(Cantonese) naughty; ill-behaved; unruly
(Cantonese) of poor quality

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 頑皮 (“naughty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		頑皮, 調皮, 淘氣
Mandarin	Beijing	皮, 淘氣, 淘, 猴, 猴兒
	Taiwan	皮, 調皮, 頑皮, 淘氣
	Tianjin	皮, 淘, 猴兒
	Langfang	調皮
	Tangshan	調皮
	Cangzhou	調皮
	Baoding	費
	Shijiazhuang	調皮
	Daming	費勁
	Jinan	調皮, 皮, 淘
	Xi'an	匪, 淘氣, 俏皮, 皮
	Wuhan	神, 調皮, 淘氣
	Chengdu	淘氣, 費, 千方兒
	Kunming	淘氣
	Guilin	跳皮
	Liuzhou	跳皮
	Xuzhou	皮臉
	Yangzhou	調皮, 皮
	Hefei	調皮, 皮, 頑皮
	Nantong	犯厭
	Singapore	頑皮
Cantonese	Guangzhou	跳皮, 百厭, 韌皮, 曳, 反斗, 星君, 扭計, 扭紋, 壞
	Hong Kong	跳皮, 百厭, 韌皮, 曳, 反斗, 壞, 星君, 犯神
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	百厭
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	頑皮
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	百厭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	懆
	Macau	跳皮
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	曳, 跳皮, 百厭
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	韌皮
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	跳皮
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	百厭
	Foshan	曳, 跳皮, 百厭
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	曳
	Foshan (Shunde)	百厭
	Foshan (Sanshui)	跳皮, 百厭
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	頑皮
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	壞, 跳皮
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	壞
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	百厭, 壞
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	百厭
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	百厭
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	百厭
	Taishan	壞賞, 壞, 曳, 搞家, 譑蠻, 飛耍, 惡教, 匪類, 扭紋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	壞賞, 壞
	Enping (Niujiang)	壞鬼
	Heshan (Yayao)	韌皮
	Dongguan	曳, 百厭
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	百厭, 跳皮
	Yangjiang	跳皮, 蠻皮
	Nanning	跳皮, 百厭, 牛骨, 頑皮
	Wuzhou	韌皮, 百厭, 百跳
	Yulin	頑, 牛骨
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	跳皮, 勿乖
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	頑皮
	Singapore (Guangfu)	韌皮
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	扭計, 曳, 百厭
Gan	Nanchang	調皮, 頑皮
Hakka	Meixian	蠻皮, 蠻, 番綻, 綻頭, 綻皮, 綻, 懆, 跳皮
	Xingning	蠻, 懆
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	頑皮
	Huidong (Daling)	調皮, 綻頭, 懆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	頑皮
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	跳皮
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	跳皮
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	綻, 懆
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	賤
	Conghua (Lütian)	頑皮
	Changting	綻, 懆
	Wuping	綻, 懆
	Wuping (Pingyu)	綻
	Liancheng	綻, 懆
	Ninghua	浪綻, 懆
	Ruijin	綻, 孽
	Shangyou (Shexi)	綻, 頑皮
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	番綻, 蠻皮, 綻頭, 孱頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	殘, 牛, 賤, 調皮
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	番綻, 蠻綻, 綻, 綻頭, 孱頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	番綻, 綻頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	番綻, 綻頭, 綻剁頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	狡怪, 番, 賤頭, 牛, 牛頭, 牛獗, 賤
	Hong Kong	頑皮
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	跳皮
	Senai (Huiyang)	跳皮
Jin	Taiyuan	頑皮
	Zhangjiakou	調皮
	Handan	費
Min Bei	Jian'ou	刁皮, 韌皮
Min Dong	Fuzhou	刁皮, 楞蟶
Min Dong	Fuqing	調皮
Min Nan	Xiamen	孽, 孽潲, 孽唆, 跳鬼, 刁皮, 跳限, 跳塌, 賤, 歹死
	Quanzhou	孽, 孽潲, 孽唆, 跳鬼, 賤, 歹死
	Zhangzhou	孽, 孽潲, 賤, 歹, 歹死
	Kaohsiung	賤
	Yilan	賤
	Changhua (Lukang)	狡怪
	Taichung	孽潲
	Taichung (Wuqi)	孽潲
	Tainan	作孽, 孽, 孽潲
	Taitung	孽潲
	Hsinchu	孽
	Penghu (Magong)	狡怪
	Penang (Hokkien)	孽, 怪孽, 歹死
	Singapore (Hokkien)	孽, 孽死, 孽潲, 賤, 歹死
	Manila (Hokkien)	歹死, 孽, 孽潲
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	調皮, 惡蠻, 蠻
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	頑皮
	Chaozhou	燦頭
	Shantou	野, 野死, 好耍, 頑皮
	Bangkok (Teochew)	跳皮
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	孬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	跳皮
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	頑皮, 跳皮
Wu	Shanghai	頑皮, 皮, 賴皮, 搨皮, 淘氣
	Shanghai (Chongming)	厭, 調皮, 頑皮
	Suzhou	皮, 調皮, 厭
	Wuxi	厭, 皮
	Danyang	調皮, 皮
	Hangzhou	厭, 調皮
	Ningbo	皮
	Wenzhou	調皮, 皮, 皮蚩, 蠻, 惡
	Jinhua	調皮, 皮, 皮面
Xiang	Changsha	跳皮, 跳夾
	Shuangfeng	跳皮, 頑皮
	Quanzhou	頑皮

Antonyms

(naughty): (Cantonese) 乖 (gwaai1)

Compounds

曳曳

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01832
“曳”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

曳

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

drag, pull

Readings

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Go-on: えい (ei)^{←えい (ei, historical)}^{←𛀁い (yei, ancient)}
Kan-on: えい (ei)^{←えい (ei, historical)}^{←𛀁い (yei, ancient)}
Kun: ひき (hiki, 曳); ひく (hiku, 曳く)

Compounds

曳舞(ひきまい) (hikimai)
曳(ひき)家(や) (hikiya)
曳(ひ)き山(やま) (hikiyama)
媾曳(あいびき) (aibiki)
尾(オ)曳(ヒキ) (ohiki)
車(くるま)曳(びき) (kuruma-biki)
錏(しころ)曳(びき) (shikoro-biki)
蓑曳(ミノヒキ) (minohiki)
羽(は)曳(びき)野(の) (Habikino)
虫曳(ムシヒキ)虻(アブ) (mushihiki abu)

Usage notes

Used in Old Japanese as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨ye⟩.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
曳
えい Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 曳 (MC jiᴇi^H).

Pronunciation

On’yomi

IPA^(key): [e̞ː]

Affix

曳(えい) • (ei)

drag; pull

Derived terms

曳曳(えいえい) (eiei)
曳行(えいこう) (eikō)
曳航(えいこう) (eikō)
曳光弾(えいこうだん) (eikōdan)
曳索(えいさく) (eisaku)
曳船(えいせん) (eisen)
曳白(えいはく) (eihaku)
曳尾(えいび) (eibi)
曳裂(えいれつ) (eiretsu)
牽曳(けんえい) (ken'ei)
輓曳(ばんえい)競馬(けいば) (ban'ei keiba)
揺曳(ようえい) (yōei)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
曳
ひき Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 曳 – see ひき. (This term, 曳, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entry is uncreated: ひき.)

Korean

Hanja

曳 (eum 예 (ye))

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Vietnamese

Han character

曳: Hán Nôm readings: dấy

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