爵

爵	U+7235, 爵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7235

爵	U+FA9E, 爵 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA9E

← 瞧
[U+FA9D]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

犯 →
[U+FA9F]

爵	U+2F921, 爵 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F921

← 爨
[U+2F920]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

牐 →
[U+2F922]

Translingual

Han character

爵 (Kangxi radical 87, 爪+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月田中戈 (BWLI), four-corner 2074₆, composition ⿳爫罒𡬠)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 689, character 29
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19710
Dae Jaweon: page 1102, character 28
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2037, character 6
Unihan data for U+7235

Unihan data for U+FA9E

Unihan data for U+2F921

Chinese

simp. and trad.		爵
alternative forms		𠕢𥥼

Bronze *jue* (爵 (jué)), c. 11th century BCE

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 爵
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (爵) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
釂	*ʔsewɢs
皭	ʔsewɢs, zewɢ
爝	ʔsewɢs, ʔsewɢ, *zewɢ
爵	*ʔsewɢ
嚼	*zewɢ
穱	*ʔsreːwɢ
灂	*zreːwɢ

Pictogram (象形) of an alcohol vessel in the shape of a sparrow. Many variants showed a hand (又) holding it, now written as 寸. In the seal script form 𢋺, the topmost and middle sections of the vessel are combined, while the legs have corrupted into 鬯 (“cup of wine”). In the modern form, top and middle sections of the vessel are separated into 爫 and 罒 respectively. The bottom right sub-component similar to 艮 is a simplification of 鬯.

Etymology

The sense of feudal title or rank was transferred from the ancient practice of conferring alcohol vessels on meritorious workers (who would also go on to attain the higher feudal ranks).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jué (jue²)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoek³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiok / chiak / chek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jué
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
  - Wade–Giles: chüeh²
  - Yale: jywé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
  - Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zoek³
  - Yale: jeuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêg³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiok
  - Tâi-lô: tsiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciog
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡siɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiak
  - Tâi-lô: tsiak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciag
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siak̚³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek
  - Tâi-lô: tsik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeg
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²/

Middle Chinese: tsjak

Rime
Character	爵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即略切
Baxter	tsjak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨak̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siak̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoek³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ewk/

(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsewɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	爵
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jué
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjak ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ewk/
English	nobility, rank
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	爵
Reading #	1/1
No.	7256
Phonetic component	爵
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	爵
Old Chinese	/*ʔsewɢ/

Definitions

爵

(historical) jue (drinking vessel with three supporting feet)
feudal title or rank
^† Alternative form of 雀 (“sparrow”)
為叢驅爵／为丛驱爵 ― wèicóngqūjué ― to drive the sparrows into the thickets

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai	爵
Kyūjitai ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]	爵󠄂 爵+`󠄂`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	爵󠄄 爵+`󠄄`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

爵

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: さく (saku)^{←さく (saku, historical)}; せく (seku)
Kan-on: しゃく (shaku, Jōyō)^{←しやく (syaku, historical)}
Kun: さかずき (sakazuki, 爵)^{←さかづき (sakaduki, 爵, historical)}; すずめ (suzume, 爵)
Nanori: くら (kura); たか (taka)

Compounds

References

^ “爵”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
^ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “爵”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎^[2] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1388 (paper), page 745 (digital)
^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 803 (paper), page 414 (digital)

Korean

Hanja

爵 • (jak) (hangeul 작, revised jak, McCune–Reischauer chak, Yale cak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

爵: Hán Nôm readings: tước

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[1] “爵”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

[2] 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “爵”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎^[2] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN

[3] Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1388 (paper), page 745 (digital)

[4] Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 803 (paper), page 414 (digital)

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