# 奕

| 奕 | U+5955, &#22869; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5955 |
| ← 奔 [U+5954] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 奖 → [U+5956] |

## Translingual
### Han character

奕 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 難卜金大 (XYCK) or 卜金大 (YCK), four-corner 0043$_0$, composition ⿱亦大)

#### Derived characters

* 𠋈, 𪣼, 𱜱, 𭡬, 湙, 𪲱, 㷜, 𪼁, 𬓍, 𲀺, 𨩌

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 252, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5922
* Dae Jaweon: page 513, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 540, character 3
* Unihan data for U+5955

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 奕 :
| 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *laːɡ): phonetic 亦 (OC *laːɡ) + semantic 大 (“big; great”).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yì (yi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jik$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): e̍k / ia̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): êg$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$yiq
* 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/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍k
*** Tâi-lô: i̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ek
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚¹²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍k
*** Tâi-lô: ia̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iak
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iak̚²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: êg$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: e̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /ek̚⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$yiq
*** MiniDict: yih$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$hhiq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɪʔ¹²/
* Middle Chinese: yek
Rime :
| Character | 奕 |
| 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/ |
| Bernhard 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 | 奕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ yek › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ](r)Ak/ |
| English | great, ample (redupl.) |
| 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 | 奕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14998 |
| Phonetic component | 亦 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 繹 |
| Old Chinese | /*laːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

奕
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) great; grand
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) beautiful
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) skilled; adept
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bright
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of years, generations, etc.) many; one after another
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 弈 (yì, “Go (board game); to play Go”)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 亦 (yì, “also”)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 弋 (yì), used in 游奕 (yóuyì).
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 博奕
* 奕世
* 奕奕 (yìyì)
* 奕葉 / 奕叶
* 對奕 / 对奕 (duìyì)
* 游奕 (yóuyì)
* 神彩奕奕
* 神采奕奕 (shéncǎi yìyì)
* 神采奕然
* 精神奕奕 (jīngshényìyì)
* 舄奕
* 衣冠赫奕
* 赫奕
* 門庭赫奕 / 门庭赫奕
* 韓奕 / 韩奕

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ī / ǐ
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ī
*** Tâi-lô: ī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: i
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /i³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /i²²/
** (Hokkien: Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǐ
*** Tâi-lô: ǐ
*** IPA (Philippines): /i³³/

#### Definitions

奕
* (Hokkien) to play (cards, lottery, chess, etc.)
* (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to start; to begin (in an activity)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 嬉, 戲 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 玩, 玩耍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 玩兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 玩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 玩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 玩 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 玩兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 玩兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 站, 耍$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 耍$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 翻倒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 子奇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 耍$_1$ |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 耍$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 耍$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 玩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 耍$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 玩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 玩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 玩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 玩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 玩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 玩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 玩 |
| Mandarin | Nanping (Yanping) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 玩, 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 玩, 仙 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 去嫽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 玩, 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 成人, 玩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 耍$_1$, 玩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 嫽, 戀 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 耍極 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 玩耍 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 蕩 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 耍$_1$, 搞 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 玩, 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 蕩 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 搞 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 嫽, 蕩 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 去嫽 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 嘢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 玩, 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 玩, 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 玩, 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 耍$_1$ |
| Gan | Nanchang | 暱, 玩 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 猥 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 耍$_1$ |
| Hakka | Meixian | 嫽, 搞 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 搣 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 搞 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Changting | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 嬉 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 嫽, 搞 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 嬉 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 搞, 嫽 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 尞, 搞 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 尞, 搞 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 尞, 搞 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 尞, 搞 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 尞, 爽 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 尞, 搞 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 嫽, 搞 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 嫽, 搞 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 搞 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 嬉 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 耍$_1$ |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 嬉 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 嬉 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 嬉 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 嬉 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 嬉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 他佻 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 宅佻 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 宅佻 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 宅佻 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 宅佻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 宅佻 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 客佻 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌, 奕 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 𨑨, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 𨑨迌, 𨑨 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌, 奕 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌, 奕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌, 奕 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 𨑨迌, 奕 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 𨑨迌, 𨑨, 奕 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 嬉 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 耍$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌, 羅坐 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 耍$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 弄 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 弄 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 弄 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 弄 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 弄 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 搭聊 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 搭聊 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 搭聊 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 搭聊 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 搭聊 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 搭聊 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 搭聊 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 嬉 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 嬉 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 嬉 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 白相 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 白相 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 白相 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 白相 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 耍子 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 嬉 intransitive, 搞 transitive |
| Wu | Ningbo | 嬲和, 嬉 dated, 嬉戲 dated, 白相 rare |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 嬉, 玩, 狡調 |
| Wu | Lishui | 嬉 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 嬉 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 玩 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 耍$_1$ |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 耍$_1$ |

### References

* “奕”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: やく (yaku)
* Kan-on: えき (eki)
* Kun: おおきい (ōkī, 奕きい)、うつくしい (utsukushī, 奕しい)、かさなる (kasanaru, 奕なる)、いご (igo, 奕)、ばくち (bakuchi, 奕)、うれえる (ureeru, 奕える)

## Korean
### Hanja

奕 • (hyeok) (hangeul 혁, revised hyeok, McCune–Reischauer hyŏk)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

奕: Hán Nôm readings: dịch
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#### References

* Nom Foundation