# 弈

| 弈 | U+5F08, &#24328; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F08 |
| ← 弇 [U+5F07] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 弉 → [U+5F09] |

## Translingual
### Han character

弈 (Kangxi radical 55, 廾+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜金廿 (YCT), four-corner 0044$_3$, composition ⿱亦廾)
* Chinese chess

#### Derived characters

* 㴒

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 354, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9611
* Dae Jaweon: page 669, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 517, character 2
* Unihan data for U+5F08

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 弈 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 夜 | *laːɡs |
| 鵺 | *laːɡs |
| 迹 | *ʔsleːɡ |
| 跡 | *ʔsleːɡ |
| 亦 | *laːɡ |
| 弈 | *laːɡ |
| 奕 | *laːɡ |
| 帟 | *laːɡ |
| 腋 | *laːɡ |
| 掖 | *laːɡ |
| 焲 | *laːɡ |
| 液 | *laːɡ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yì (yi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jik$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yi̍t
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ia̍k / e̍k
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yì
*** Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yì
*** Wade–Giles: i$^4$
*** Yale: yì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
*** Palladius: и (i)
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jik$^6$
*** Yale: yihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɪk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: id
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /it̚⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)id
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍k
*** Tâi-lô: ia̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iak
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iak̚²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍k
*** Tâi-lô: i̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ek
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /iɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚¹²¹/
* Middle Chinese: yek
Rime :
| Character | 弈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 昔 (123) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 羊益切 |
| Baxter | yek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jiᴇk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jiɛk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /iæk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jiajk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /iɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭɛk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /i̯ɛk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jik$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)Ak/
    (Zhengzhang): /*laːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 弈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ yek › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ](r)Ak/ |
| English | uneasy |
| 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 | 弈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14997 |
| Phonetic component | 亦 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 繹 |
| Old Chinese | /*laːɡ/ |

### Definitions

弈
* (literary) Go (board game)
    Synonym: 圍棋／围棋 (wéiqí)
* to play Go
* Alternative form of 奕 (yì)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 弈 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 圍棋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 圍棋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 圍棋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 圍棋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 圍棋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 圍棋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 圍棋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 圍棋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 圍棋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 圍棋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 圍棋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 圍棋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 圍棋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 圍棋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 圍棋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 圍棋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 圍棋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 圍棋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 圍棋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 圍棋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 圍棋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 圍棋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 圍棋 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 圍棋 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 圍棋 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 圍棋 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 圍棋 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 圍棋 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 圍棋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 圍棋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 圍棋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 圍棋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 圍棋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 圍棋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 圍棋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 圍棋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 圍棋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 圍棋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 圍棋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 圍棋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 圍棋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 圍棋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 圍棋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 圍棋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 圍棋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 圍棋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 圍棋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 圍棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 圍棋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 圍棋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 圍棋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 圍棋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 圍棋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 圍棋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 圍棋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 圍棋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 圍棋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 圍棋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 圍棋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 圍棋 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 圍棋 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 圍棋 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 圍棋 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 圍棋 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 圍棋 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 圍棋 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 圍棋 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 圍棋 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 圍棋 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 圍棋 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 圍棋 |
| Jin | Datong | 圍棋 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 圍棋 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 圍棋 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 圍棋 |
| Jin | Linhe | 圍棋 |
| Jin | Jining | 圍棋 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 圍棋 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 圍棋 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 圍棋 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 圍棋 |
| Jin | Handan | 圍棋 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 圍棋 |
| Jin | Suide | 圍棋 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 圍棋 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 圍棋 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 圍棋 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 圍棋 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 圍棋 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 圍棋 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 圍棋 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 圍棋 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 圍棋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 圍棋 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 圍棋 |
| Wu | Danyang | 圍棋 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 圍棋 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 圍棋 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 圍棋 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 圍棋 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 圍棋 |

### Compounds

* 博弈 (bóyì)
* 博弈論／博弈论 (bóyìlùn)
* 對弈／对弈 (duìyì)
* 弈棋 (yìqí)
* 弈楸
* 長安如弈／长安如弈
* 零和博弈 (línghé bóyì)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* Chinese chess

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): えき (eki)、やく (yaku)

## Korean
### Hanja

弈 (eum 혁 (hyeok))
* Chinese chess

## Vietnamese
### Han character

弈: Hán Nôm readings: dịch
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation