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偶

偶

偶 U+5076, 偶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5076
← 偵
[U+5075] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 偷 →
[U+5077]

Translingual

Han character

偶 (radical 9 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人田中月 (OWLB), four-corner 26227, composition ⿰亻禺)

References

  • KangXi: page 112, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 899
  • Dae Jaweon: page 238, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 190, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5076

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 偶

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 偶
Small seal script

s05899
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (禺) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
齵 *ŋoː, *ŋo
偶 *ŋoːʔ, *ŋoːs
耦 *ŋoːʔ
藕 *ŋoːʔ
髃 *ŋoːʔ, *ŋo
蕅 *ŋoːʔ
愚 *ŋo
隅 *ŋo
禺 *ŋo, *ŋos
湡 *ŋo
堣 *ŋo
嵎 *ŋo
鰅 *ŋo, *ŋoŋ
鍝 *ŋo
遇 *ŋos
寓 *ŋos
庽 *ŋos
媀 *ŋos
喁 *ŋoŋ
顒 *ŋoŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋoːʔ, *ŋoːs) : semantic 亻 ‎(“person”) + phonetic 禺 ‎(OC *ŋo, *ŋos) – a statue of a person, an idol.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 偶 偶
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 侯 (137) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 五口切 五遘切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋəuX/ /ŋəuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋəuX/ /ŋəuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋəuX/ /ŋəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋəwX/ /ŋəwH/
Li
Rong		 /ŋuX/ /ŋuH/
Wang
Li		 /ŋəuX/ /ŋəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋə̯uX/ /ŋə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ǒu òu
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 偶
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 ǒu
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ nguwX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋˤ(r)oʔ/
English pair, double

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 偶 偶
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15913 15918
Phonetic
component		 禺 禺
Rime
group		 侯 侯
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 藕 偶
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋoːʔ/ /*ŋoːs/

Noun

偶

  1. idol, image
    偶像  ―  ǒuxiàng  ―  idol
    穿8號球衣的那個運動員是我的偶像！ [MSC, trad.]
    穿8号球衣的那个运动员是我的偶像！ [MSC, simp.]
    Chuān 8 hào qiúyī de nà ge yùndòngyuán shì wǒ de ǒuxiàng! [Pinyin]
    The athlete wearing no. 8 is my idol!
  1. couple, pair

Adjective

偶

  1. even (number)
    偶數 / 偶数  ―  ǒushù  ―  even number

Adverb

偶

  1. accidentally, coincidentally, by accident, by chance, occasionally
    偶爾 / 偶尔  ―  ǒuěr  ―  occasionally
    偶然  ―  ǒurán  ―  occasionally, accidentally

Japanese

Kanji

偶

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Adjective

偶 ‎(-na inflection, hiragana たま, romaji tama)

  1. occasional

Inflection

Noun

偶 ‎(hiragana たま, romaji tama)

  1. rarity

Korean

Hanja

偶 • ‎(u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune-Reischauer u)

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Vietnamese

Han character

偶 (ngẫu, ngẩu, ngậu)

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