# 掖

| 掖 | U+6396, &#25494; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6396 |
| ← 掕 [U+6395] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 掗 → [U+6397] |

## Translingual
### Han character

掖 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手卜人大 (QYOK), four-corner 5004$_7$, composition ⿰扌夜)
* support with the arms
* stick in, tuck in
* fold up

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 437, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12262
* Dae Jaweon: page 787, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1903, character 5
* Unihan data for U+6396

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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): yē, yè, yì (ye$^1$, ye$^4$, yi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝ, ㄧㄝˋ, ㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jik$^6$ / jat$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ia̍k / e̍k / iǎ / iā
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yē
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ye
*** Wade–Giles: yeh$^1$
*** Yale: yē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ie
*** Palladius: е (je)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yè
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yè
*** Wade–Giles: yeh$^4$
*** Yale: yè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeh
*** Palladius: е (je)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛ⁵¹/
** (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$^6$ / jat$^6$
*** Yale: yihk / yaht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jik$^9$ / jat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yig$^6$ / yed$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɪk̚²/, /jɐt̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍k
*** Tâi-lô: ia̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iak
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iak̚²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍k
*** Tâi-lô: i̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ek
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚¹²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iǎ
*** Tâi-lô: iǎ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ia²²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iā
*** Tâi-lô: iā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ia
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ia³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ia²²/
* ia̍k/e̍k - literary;
* iǎ/iā - vernacular (俗).
* Middle Chinese: yek
Rime :
| Character | 掖 |
| 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 | 掖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ yek › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ](r)Ak/ |
| English | armpit |
| 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 | 掖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15001 |
| Phonetic component | 亦 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 繹 |
| Old Chinese | /*laːɡ/ |

### Definitions

掖

#### Verb

* (Hokkien) to scatter
* (Hokkien) to sprinkle
* to support with the arms
* to tuck
* to conceal; to hide

### Compounds

* 張掖 / 张掖

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* side (of body); to carry under arm

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): えき (eki)
* Kun: わきばさむ (wakibasamu)、たすける (tasukeru)、わき (waki)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 掖
* わき Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 掖 – see the following entry. :
| 【脇わき】S | [noun] (anatomy) the armpit, the underarm [noun] the underarm area of clothing [noun] the side of something (this sense may also be spelled 傍 or 側). [noun] a tangent, such as in a conversation [noun] something in a secondary and supporting role: [noun] in ancient Japan, an assistant to the 春宮坊 (Tōgūbō, rank title; responsible for administering eastern provinces) [noun] in the medieval period, old name for 関脇 (sekiwake, sumō rank) [noun] in 能楽 (nōgaku, “Noh theatre”), the supporting role played alongside the main protagonist [noun] in 浄瑠璃 (jōruri, recitation accompanying a puppet show), the supporting reciter [noun] in 邦楽 (hōgaku, traditional Japanese music), the accompaniment [noun] something of lesser importance, something on the back burner (often used in constructions such as 脇にする (waki ni suru, “to put off to the side”), 脇になる (waki ni naru, “to become off to the side”).) [noun] short for 脇(わき)能(のう) (wakinō): a type of Noh theatre, performed first in a series of performances, wherein a god or spirit prays for a peaceful reign for the emperor [noun] short for 脇(わき)句(く) (wakiku): the two seven-syllable lines of poetry following the 発句 (hokku, the first three lines of a renga, of 17 syllables and later serving as the haiku form) [noun] short for 脇(わき)百(びゃく)姓(しょう) (waki-byakushō): lower-ranking commoners in the Edo period and earlier [noun] somewhere, someone, or something else Alternative spelling 腋 |
(This term, 掖, is an alternative spelling (less common) of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

掖 (eum 액 (aek))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

掖: Hán Nôm readings: dịch
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#### References

* Nom Foundation