Translingual
Han character
腋 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月卜人大 (BYOK), four-corner 70247, composition ⿰月夜)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 986, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29615
- Dae Jaweon: page 1439, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2090, character 5
- Unihan data for U+814B
Chinese
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (
亦)
(Zhengzhang, 2003)
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Old Chinese
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| 夜
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*laːɡs
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| 鵺
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*laːɡs
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| 迹
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*ʔsleːɡ
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| 跡
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*ʔsleːɡ
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| 亦
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*laːɡ
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| 弈
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*laːɡ
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| 奕
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*laːɡ
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| 帟
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*laːɡ
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| 腋
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*laːɡ
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| 掖
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*laːɡ
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| 焲
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*laːɡ
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| 液
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*laːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *laːɡ): semantic 肉 (“flesh”) + phonetic 夜 (OC *laːɡs).
Originally written 亦, see there for more.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lak ~ *C-jak (“arm; hand; wing”), either via *jak (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007) or *lak (Shi, 2000; Handel, 2009). Compare Mizo zak (“armpit”), Tibetan ལག་པ (lag pa, “arm; hand”), Burmese လက် (lak, “arm; hand”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): yè, yì
- (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ, ㄧˋ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ye4
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jik6 / jat6
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): yit5
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): yi̍t
- (Meixian, Guangdong): yid6
- Eastern Min (BUC): ĭk
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): e̍k / ia̍k
- (Teochew, Peng'im): êg8
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 8yiq
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): i6
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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腋
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yè
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ yek ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*[ɢ](r)Ak/
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| English
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armpit
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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腋
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15000
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Phonetic
component
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亦
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Rime
group
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鐸
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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繹
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Old
Chinese
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/*laːɡ/
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Definitions
腋
- armpit; underarm; axilla
- (botany) axil
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 掖 (“to help; to assist”)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
胳肢窩 (“armpit; underarm”)
[map]
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
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腋
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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腋窩, 腋下
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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胳肢窩
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| Taiwan
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胳肢窩, 腋下
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| Ulanhot
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胳肢窩
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| Tongliao
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胳肢窩
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| Chifeng
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胳肢窩
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| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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胳肢窩
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| Harbin
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膈肢窩, 胳肢窩, 胳臼窩
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| Shenyang
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胳肢窩, 胳肢窩兒
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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胳肢窩, 胳肢脖 Hui
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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夾肘窩
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| Qingdao
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夾肘窩
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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圪老知兒, 圪知窩
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| Wanrong
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胳肘窩
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| Zhengzhou
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膈老肢兒
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| Xi'an
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胳肢窩
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| Xining
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胳皂窪
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| Xuzhou
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膈肢兒, 膈肢窩兒, 膈肢窩
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| Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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胳勒窩, 胳勒叉
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| Bayanhot
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胳旯窩
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| Lanzhou
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胳肘窪
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| Ürümqi
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胳澇窪
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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夾肢窩兒, 夾窩兒
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| Wuhan
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脅下窩
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| Guiyang
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夾肢窩
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| Guilin
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膈肢窩
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| Liuzhou
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膈肢窩
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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膈夾窩
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| Yangzhou
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夾乍窩
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| Nantong
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胳肢窩
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| Hefei
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胳撓肢
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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胳肋底
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| Hong Kong
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胳肋底, 加拿大 humorous
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| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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胳肋底
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| Foshan
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胳肋底
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| Foshan (Shunde)
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胳肋底
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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胳肋底
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| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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胳肋底
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| Taishan
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胳肋
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
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胳肋
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| Dongguan
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肋赤下
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| Shaoguan
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胳肋底
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| Yunfu
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胳肋
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| Yangjiang
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胳肋
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| Lianjiang
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胳肋底
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| Nanning
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胳肋底, 胳肋
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| Wuzhou
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胳肋底, 胳肋
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| Yulin
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肋仄
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| Hepu (Lianzhou)
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胳肋肢窩
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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胳肋底
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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脅夾裡, 胛下裡, 胛下
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| Lichuan
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胳摘窩
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| Pingxiang
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脅牯
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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脅下, 手脅, 脅
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| Xingning
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脅下
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| Huidong (Daling)
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肋赤下
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| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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手夾下
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| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
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脅下
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| Changting
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手脅下
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| Wuping
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手脅子下
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| Wuping (Pingyu)
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手脅下
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| Ninghua
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脅赤腳下
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| Yudu
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手脅下
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| Ruijin
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手脅下
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| Shicheng
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脅下
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| Shangyou (Shexi)
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手脅下
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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手脅下, 脅下
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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手脅下, 脅下
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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手脅下, 脅下
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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脅下
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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手脅下, 脅下
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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手脅下, 脅下
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| Hong Kong
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肋赤下
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| Luchuan (Daqiao)
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手夾
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| Sabah (Longchuan)
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肋赤下
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| Senai (Huiyang)
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肋赤下
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| Singkawang
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脅下
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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膈辣下
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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膈離間, 膈夾窩
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| Xinzhou
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胳正窩兒
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| Taibus (Baochang)
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胳肢窩
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| Linhe
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圪嶗子窩
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| Jining
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膈老肢窩
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| Hohhot
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胳肢窩
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| Baotou
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胳老肢窩
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| Dongsheng
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膈肢窩
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| Haibowan
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胳肘窩
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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胳肢下
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| Songxi
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胳鹿下
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| Zhenghe
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胳鹿下
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| Jianyang
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胳肢下
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| Wuyishan
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胳肢下
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| Pucheng (Shibei)
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胳鹿下
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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胳腋下
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| Fuzhou (Changle)
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胳腋下
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| Fuqing
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胳腋下
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| Yongtai
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胳腋下
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| Gutian
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胳腋下
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| Fu'an
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胳腋下
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| Shouning
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胳腋下
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| Zhouning
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胳腋下
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| Fuding
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胳腋下
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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胳下空, 胳耳空
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| Quanzhou
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胳下空, 胳下胴
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| Jinjiang
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胳下胴, 胳胴跤
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| Zhangzhou
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胳下空, 都知
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| Taipei
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胳下空, 胳胴跤
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| New Taipei (Sanxia)
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胳胴跤
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| Kaohsiung
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胳耳空
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| Yilan
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胳胴跤
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| Changhua (Lukang)
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胳下空
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| Taichung
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胳胴跤
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| Taichung (Wuqi)
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胳下胴
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| Tainan
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胳下空, 胳耳空
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| Taitung
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胳耳空
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| Hsinchu
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胳下胴
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| Kinmen
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胳下空
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| Penghu (Magong)
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胳下空
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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ketiak
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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胳下胴
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| Chaozhou
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胳囊下
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| Shantou
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胳囊下
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| Haifeng
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胳當下
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| Leizhou
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膈胳
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| Wenchang
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胛胳
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| Haikou
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胛胳
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| Puxian Min
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Putian
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膈攬下
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| Xianyou
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膈肋下
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| Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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胳囊下
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| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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胳肋底
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| Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Dahe)
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膈肢窩
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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胳肋竹, 胳肢窩
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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胳落
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| Suzhou
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膈臘子
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| Danyang
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夾肢窩, 夾肢下
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| Hangzhou
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肋膈肢底下
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| Ningbo
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肋膈肢下
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| Wenzhou
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脟扎下
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| Jinhua
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膈肋下
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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脅肋窩, 脅夾窩, 胳肢窩
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| Xiangtan
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脅納窩裡
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| Loudi
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脅旯旮
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| Shuangfeng
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脅角納, 脅角納裡
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| Hengyang
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狹港
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Compounds
- 一狐之腋
- 一腋
- 事生肘腋
- 兩腋生風 / 两腋生风
- 兩腋風生 / 两腋风生
- 千狐腋
- 山腋
- 提腋
- 狐腋
- 禍生肘腋 / 祸生肘腋 (huòshēngzhǒuyè)
- 縫腋 / 缝腋
- 肘腋
- 肘腋之患
- 肘腋之憂 / 肘腋之忧
- 胸腋
- 腋下 (yèxià)
- 腋毛 (yèmáo)
- 腋氣 / 腋气
- 腋窩 / 腋窝 (yèwō)
- 腋翅
- 腋臊
- 腋臭 (yèchòu)
- 腋芽
- 葉腋 / 叶腋
- 變生肘腋 / 变生肘腋 (biànshēngzhǒuyè)
- 集腋
- 集腋成裘 (jíyèchéngqiú)
- 集腋為裘 / 集腋为裘
- 雉頭狐腋 / 雉头狐腋
Japanese
Kanji
腋
(Hyōgai kanji)
- armpit, underarm, axilla
Readings
Etymology
| Kanji in this term
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| 腋
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わき
Hyōgai
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| kun'yomi
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| For pronunciation and definitions of 腋 – see the following entry.
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| 【脇】S
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- [noun] (anatomy) the armpit, the underarm
- [noun] the underarm area of clothing
- [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 脇能 (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 脇句 (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 脇百姓 (waki-byakushō): lower-ranking commoners in the Edo period and earlier
- [noun] somewhere, someone, or something else
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| (This term, 腋, is an alternative spelling (less common) of the above term.)
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Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 腋 (MC yek). Recorded as Middle Korean ᄋᆡᆨ〮 (óyk) (Yale: óyk) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
腋 (eumhun 겨드랑이 액 (gyeodeurang'i aek))
- hanja form? of 액 (“armpit”)
Compounds
- 액모 (腋毛, aengmo)
- 액와 (腋窩, aegwa)
- 액취 (腋臭, aekchwi)
- 액취증 (腋臭症, aekchwijeung)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]
Vietnamese
Han character
腋: Hán Nôm readings: dạ; dịch; nách; nịch
- chữ Nôm form of nách (“armpit”)