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右
右
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Translingual
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Han character
右 (radical 30 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 大口 (KR), four-corner 40600, composition ⿸𠂇口)
References
- KangXi: page 173, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3250
- Dae Jaweon: page 385, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 569, character 1
- Unihan data for U+53F3
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
右 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 右
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| Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (又) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 絠 | *kɯːʔ |
| 醢 | *qʰɯːʔ |
| 珛 | *qʰʷɯs |
| 栯 | *ɢʷɯʔ, *qʷɯ |
| 有 | *ɢʷɯʔ |
| 友 | *ɢʷɯʔ |
| 右 | *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs |
| 宥 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 囿 | *ɢʷɯs, *ɡʷɯ |
| 侑 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 酭 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 姷 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 又 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 佑 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 祐 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 賄 | *qʰʷɯːʔ |
| 蛕 | *qʰʷɯːʔ, *ɡʷɯː |
| 烠 | *ɡʷɯː |
| 倄 | *ɢraːw, *ɢʷɯːʔ |
| 鮪 | *ɢʷɯʔ |
| 洧 | *ɢʷɯʔ |
| 痏 | *ɢʷɯʔ |
| 郁 | *qʷɯ |
| 戫 | *qʷɯ |
| 哊 | *ɡʷɯ |
Originally as 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “(right) hand; again”) in the oracle bone script.
In bronze inscriptions, a 口 (“mouth; speech”) component was added, perhaps with the intention of indicating the use of 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “again”) is a phonetic loan. In other words, the current form is a phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs) : phonetic 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs) + semantic 口.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jau6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yu
- Min Dong (BUC): iêu
- Min Nan (POJ): iū
- Wu (Wiktionary): hhieu (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
- Wade-Giles: yu4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
- IPA (key): /i̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jau6
- Yale: yauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jau6
- IPA (key): /jɐu̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
- Hakka Romanization System: iu
- Hagfa Pinyim: yiu4
- IPA: /i̯u⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu
- Hagfa Pinyim: yiu4
- IPA: /(j)i̯u⁵⁵/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: iêu
- IPA (key): /iɛu²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iū
- Tâi-lô: iū
- Phofsit Daibuun: iu
- IPA (Xiamen): /iu²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /iu³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu³³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: hhieu (T3)
- IPA (key): /ɦiɜ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | ||
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| Character | 右 | 右 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 云久切 | 于救切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦɨuX/ | /ɦɨuH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦiuX/ | /ɦiuH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣiəuX/ | /ɣiəuH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦuwX/ | /ɦuwH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣiuX/ | /ɣiuH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣĭəuX/ | /ɣĭəuH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/i̯ə̯uX/ | /i̯ə̯uH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yǒu | yòu |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
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| Character | 右 | 右 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yòu | yòu |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ hjuwX › | ‹ hjuwH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/ | /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s/ (~ *m-qʷəʔ) |
| English | right hand | right hand |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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| Character | 右 | 右 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 15597 | 15604 |
| Phonetic component |
又 | 又 |
| Rime group |
之 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
有 | 宥 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɢʷɯʔ/ | /*ɢʷɯs/ |
Definitions
右
- right (direction)
- 右手 ― yòushǒu ― right hand
- west; areas to the west
- (historical) right side as the side of precedence
- (politics) right-wing
Antonyms
- 左 (zuǒ, “left”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
右
Readings
| Kanji in this term |
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| 右 |
|
みぎ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi |
Noun
- (direction) the right
- above statement; foregoing
- (politics) the right wing; a rightist
Antonyms
- (right): 左 (hidari, “left”)
Derived terms
- 右側 (migigawa)
- 右利き (migikiki)
- 右手 (migite)
- 右左 (migihidari)
- 右上 (migiue)
- 右下 (migishita)
- 右に同じ (migi ni onaji): ditto, same for me
Korean
Hanja
右 • (u)
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 우 (McCune-Reischauer: u)
- Name (hangeul): 오른쪽()
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Vietnamese
Han character
右 (hữu)
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