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娛

娛

See also: 娱 and 娯

Translingual

Han character

娛 (radical 38 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女口女大 (VRVK), four-corner 46481, composition ⿰女吳)

  1. pleasure, enjoyment, amusement

References

  • KangXi: page 262, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6307
  • Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 2, page 1051, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+5A1B

Chinese

trad. 娛
simp. 娱
alt. forms 娯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (吴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鋘 *ŋʷaː, *ŋʷraː
麌 *ŋʷaː, *ŋʷaʔ
祦 *ŋaː
誤 *ŋʷaːs
悞 *ŋʷaːs
娛 *ŋʷaːs, *ŋʷa
虞 *ŋʷa
澞 *ŋʷa
鸆 *ŋʷa
俣 *ŋʷaʔ
噳 *ŋʷaʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 娛 娛
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 虞 (24) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 虞俱切 五故切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋɨo/ /ŋuoH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋio/ /ŋuoH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋio/ /ŋoH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋuə̆/ /ŋɔH/
Li
Rong		 /ŋio/ /ŋoH/
Wang
Li		 /ŋĭu/ /ŋuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋi̯u/ /ŋuoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yú wù
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 娛
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yú
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ngju ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋʷ(r)a/
English rejoice

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 娛 娛
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 13101 13104
Phonetic
component		 吴 吴
Rime
group		 魚 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 誤
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋʷaːs/ /*ŋʷa/

Definitions

娛

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Compounds

  • 動心娛目／动心娱目
  • 娛娛／娱娱
  • 娛悅／娱悦
  • 娛樂／娱乐 (yúlè)
  • 娛樂場所／娱乐场所
  • 娛樂片／娱乐片
  • 娛樂稅／娱乐税
  • 娛老／娱老
  • 娛親／娱亲
  • 怡然自娛／怡然自娱
  • 悅心娛目／悦心娱目
  • 悅目娛心／悦目娱心
  • 戲綵娛親／戏綵娱亲
  • 文娛活動／文娱活动
  • 歡娛／欢娱
  • 綵衣娛親／綵衣娱亲
  • 老萊娛親／老莱娱亲
  • 耳目之娛／耳目之娱
  • 自娛／自娱
  • 自娛娛人／自娱娱人
  • 逍遙自娛／逍遥自娱

Japanese

Kanji

娛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Usage notes

This character has never been used in Japanese and lacks essential JIS support. Tha variant 娯 is used instead.

Korean

Hanja

娛 • ‎(o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune-Reischauer o)

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Vietnamese

Han character

娛 (ngu)

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