域

域 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土戈口一 (GIRM), four-corner 4315₀, composition ⿰土或)

• 𪅫, 𠑵

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 230, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5158
• Dae Jaweon: page 466, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 451, character 2
• Unihan data for U+57DF

Historical forms of the character 域
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷrɯɡ) : semantic 土 + phonetic 或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ).

國 (OC *kʷɯːɡ, “state”) is the k-prefix derivation of 域 (OC *ɢʷrɯɡ, “territory”) (Schuessler, 2007). See 國 for more.

域

1. fief
2. territory; district; region; land
3. scope; range

   定義域／定义域  ―  dìngyìyù  ―  domain

   值域  ―  zhíyù  ―  range

4. cemetery
5. residence
6. (mathematics) field
7. (computing) domain

   域名  ―  yùmíng  ―  domain name

8. (taxonomy) domain

• (Taxonomy) 生物分類學／生物分类学; 域 (yù, “domain”), 界 (jiè, “kingdom”), 門／门 (mén, “phylum”), 綱／纲 (gāng, “class”), 目 (mù, “order”), 科 (kē, “family”), 屬／属 (shǔ, “genus”), 種／种 (zhǒng, “species”) ^{(Category: zh:Taxonomy)}

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. range
2. region
3. limits
4. stage
5. level

• Go-on: いき (iki, Jōyō)^{←ゐき (wiki, historical)}
• Kan-on: よく (yoku)

From Middle Chinese 域 (MC hwik). Compare modern Cantonese 域 (wik⁶, /wɪk̚²/).

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

• (Tokyo) い​き [íꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ikʲi]

域(いき) • (iki) ^{←ゐき (wiki)?}

1. region, level

域(いき) • (iki) ^{←ゐき (wiki)?}

1. range, region, limits, stage, level
2. land, territory

From Middle Chinese 域 (MC hwik). Recorded as Middle Korean 역〮 (yék) (Yale: yek) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Wikisource 域 (eumhun 지경 역 (jigyeong yeok))

1. Hanja form^? of 역 (“region”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

域: Hán Nôm readings: vực, bực, vác, vặc, vức

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