掖

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

support with the arms

HSK 10

Society →Government

yè

エキ

たす.ける、わきばさ.む

액

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 夜 represents the sound.

Components

扌 hand (side)+ 夜 night =

掖 support with the arms

扌 Meaning component

shou hand (side)

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

夜 Phonetic component

yè night

variant of 夜[yè]

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

掖

Regular

Modern

Chinese

掖 [yē]

to tuck (into a pocket); to hide; to conceal

掖 [yè]

to support by the arm; to help; to promote; at the side; also pr. [yì]

Japanese

脇、腋 (rare) 、掖 (rare) わき同音

noun

armpit; under one's arm; side; flank
beside; close to; near; by (also written as 傍, 側)
aside; to the side; away; out of the way
off-track; off-topic
deuteragonist; supporting role (usu. written ワキ in Noh)
abbrev. second verse (in a linked series of poems)

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

彼がブリーフケースを脇に抱えてやってくるのが見えた。

I saw him coming with his briefcase under his arm.

CHINESE WORDS (26)

张掖 [Zhāngyè] #39,536

Zhangye prefecture level city in Gansu

张掖 [Zhāngyè] #39,536

Zhangye prefecture level city in Gansu

张掖市 [Zhāngyèshì] #52,900

Zhangye prefecture level city in Gansu

张掖市 [Zhāngyèshì] #52,900

Zhangye prefecture level city in Gansu

奖掖 [jiǎngyè] #60,798

to reward and promote

奖掖 [jiǎngyè] #60,798

to reward and promote

张掖地区 [Zhāngyèdìqū] #66,740

Zhangye prefecture, Gansu (old term)

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JAPANESE WORDS (2)

⭐ 脇 [わき] #3,152

armpit

闕腋 [けってき]

unstitched, open side of some traditional Japanese clothing