訳

See also: 譯 and 译

訳 U+8A33, 訳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A33 ← 訲 [U+8A32] CJK Unified Ideographs 訴 → [U+8A34]

Translingual

Traditional	譯
Shinjitai	訳
Simplified	译

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai simplified from 譯 (睪 → 尺)

Han character

訳 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜口尸人 (YRSO), composition ⿰訁尺)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1152, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35324
• Dae Jaweon: page 1618, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 3951, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8A33

Japanese

Shinjitai	訳
Kyūjitai	譯

See also 訳す

Kanji

訳

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 譯)

Readings

• Go-on: やく (yaku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: えき (eki)
• Kun: わけ (wake, 訳, Jōyō)、とく (toku)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
訳
わけ Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
譯 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 訳 – see the following entry.

【わけ】 [noun] 訳: conclusion [noun] 訳: meaning, sense [noun] 訳, 理由: reason (for), cause [noun] 訳: circumstances Alternative spelling 理由

(This term, 訳, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
訳
やく Grade: 6
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
譯 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やく [yáꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠kɯ̟]

Noun

訳(やく) • (yaku) 

1. translation

Compounds

• 訳(やく)語(ご) (yakugo, “translated word”)
• 訳(やく)者(しゃ) (yakusha, “translator”)
• 翻(ほん)訳(やく) (hon'yaku, “translation”)
• 通(つう)訳(やく) (tsūyaku, “interpreting”)
• 意(い)訳(やく) (iyaku, “free translation, liberal translation”)
• 直(ちょく)訳(やく) (chokuyaku, “literal translation”)
• 和(わ)訳(やく) (wayaku, “Japanese translation”)
• 訳(やく)する (yakusuru, “to translate”)