# 臄

| 臄 | U+81C4, &#33220; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81C4 |
| ← 臃 [U+81C3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 臅 → [U+81C5] |

## Translingual
### Han character

臄 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月卜心人 (BYPO), four-corner 7123$_2$, composition ⿰月豦(GK) or ⿰⺼豦(HT))

#### Related characters

* 𧮫 (Main character for the pronunciation "jué" based on Shuowen)
* 腒 (Main character for the pronunciation "jū" based on Jiyun)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 996, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29949
* Dae Jaweon: page 1447, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2115, character 15
* Unihan data for U+81C4

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 唬 | *qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ |
| 戲 | *qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː |
| 巇 | *qʰra |
| 隵 | *qʰra |
| 嚱 | *qʰras |
| 盧 | *b·raː |
| 鑪 | *raː |
| 壚 | *raː |
| 籚 | *raː |
| 蘆 | *raː, *ra |
| 顱 | *b·raː |
| 髗 | *b·raː |
| 鱸 | *raː |
| 攎 | *raː |
| 櫨 | *raː |
| 轤 | *raː |
| 黸 | *raː |
| 獹 | *raː |
| 鸕 | *raː |
| 艫 | *raː |
| 纑 | *raː |
| 瀘 | *raː |
| 瓐 | *raː |
| 爐 | *raː |
| 嚧 | *raː |
| 矑 | *b·raː |
| 罏 | *raː |
| 蠦 | *raː |
| 虜 | *raːʔ |
| 擄 | *raːʔ |
| 艣 | *raːʔ |
| 鐪 | *raːʔ |
| 虖 | *qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa |
| 虍 | *qʰaː |
| 雐 | *qʰʷlaː |
| 虎 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 琥 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 萀 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 臚 | *b·ra |
| 廬 | *ra |
| 驢 | *b·ra |
| 藘 | *ra |
| 爈 | *ra, *ras |
| 櫖 | *ra, *ras |
| 儢 | *raʔ |
| 慮 | *ras |
| 勴 | *ras |
| 鑢 | *ras |
| 濾 | *ras |
| 攄 | *r̥ʰa |
| 處 | *kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas |
| 豦 | *kas, *ɡa |
| 據 | *kas |
| 鐻 | *kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ |
| 澽 | *kas, *ɡas |
| 虛 | *kʰa, *qʰa |
| 墟 | *kʰa |
| 懅 | *ɡa |
| 蘧 | *ɡa, *ɡʷa |
| 籧 | *ɡa |
| 醵 | *ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ |
| 璩 | *ɡa |
| 虡 | *ɡaʔ |
| 遽 | *ɡas |
| 勮 | *ɡas |
| 噓 | *qʰa, *qʰas |
| 驉 | *qʰa |
| 歔 | *qʰa |
| 魖 | *qʰa |
| 膚 | *pla |
| 虧 | *kʰʷral |
| 噱 | *ɡaɡ |
| 臄 | *ɡaɡ |
| 劇 | *ɡaɡ |
| 諕 | *qʰʷraːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡaɡ): semantic 肉 (“meat”) + phonetic 豦 (OC *kas, *ɡa).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jué (jue$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): koek$^6$ / kek$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jué
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
*** Wade–Giles: chüeh$^2$
*** Yale: jywé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
*** Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: koek$^6$ / kek$^6$
*** Yale: keuhk / kehk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: koek$^9$ / kek$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kêg$^6$ / kég$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰœːk̚²/, /kʰɛːk̚²/
* koek6 - colloquial;
* kek6 - variant.
* Middle Chinese: gjak
Rime :
| Character | 臄 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 藥 (107) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 其虐切 |
| Baxter | gjak |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨɐk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡiɐk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gɨak̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiak̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭak̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gi̯ak̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jué |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | goek$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 臄 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5280 |
| Phonetic component | 虍 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 噱 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaɡ/ |

#### Definitions

臄
* Alternative form of 𧮫 (jué, “palate; roof of mouth”)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) tongue
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cut meat
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) (alt. form 𧮫, 𠶸) smiling appearance

#### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03717
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C13350-005
* “臄”, 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–

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 臄 – see 腒 (“dried fowl meat”). (This character is a variant form of 腒).

#### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03669-001