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汙
汙
Translingual
Han character
汙 (radical 85 水+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水一木 (EMD), four-corner 31140, composition ⿰氵于)
References
- KangXi: page 605, character 13
 - Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17132
 - Dae Jaweon: page 999, character 5
 - Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1550, character 7
 - Unihan data for U+6C59
 
Chinese
| trad. | 汙/污 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 污 | |
| alt. forms | 汚 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (于) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 侉 | *qaːls | 
| 夸 | *kʰʷraː | 
| 姱 | *kʰʷraː | 
| 胯 | *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs | 
| 跨 | *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs | 
| 誇 | *kʰʷraː | 
| 垮 | *kʰʷraːʔ | 
| 銙 | *kʰʷraːʔ | 
| 骻 | *kʰʷraːʔ | 
| 咵 | *kʰʷraːʔ | 
| 釫 | *ɢʷraː, *qʷaː | 
| 摦 | *ɡʷraːs | 
| 鮬 | *pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː | 
| 嶀 | *qʰʷl'aː | 
| 扝 | *kʰʷaː, *qʷaː | 
| 刳 | *kʰʷaː | 
| 郀 | *kʰʷaː | 
| 挎 | *kʰʷaː | 
| 袴 | *kʰʷaːs | 
| 絝 | *kʰʷaːs | 
| 褲 | *kʰʷaːs | 
| 恗 | *qʰaː | 
| 洿 | *ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː | 
| 瓠 | *ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs | 
| 鄠 | *ɢʷlaːʔ | 
| 污 | *qʷaː, *qʷaːs | 
| 杇 | *qʷaː | 
| 圬 | *qʷaː | 
| 鴮 | *qʷaː | 
| 盓 | *qʷaː | 
| 汙 | *qʷaːs, *ɢʷa | 
| 樗 | *qʰʷl'a | 
| 摴 | *qʰʷl'a | 
| 荂 | *pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa | 
| 雩 | *qʰʷla, *ɢʷla | 
| 吁 | *qʰʷa, *ɢʷas | 
| 盱 | *qʰʷa | 
| 訏 | *qʰʷa | 
| 扜 | *qʰʷa, *qʷa | 
| 旴 | *qʰʷa | 
| 冔 | *qʰʷaʔ | 
| 紆 | *qʷa | 
| 陓 | *qʷa | 
| 迂 | *qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa | 
| 虶 | *qʷa | 
| 于 | *ɢʷa | 
| 盂 | *ɢʷa | 
| 竽 | *ɢʷa | 
| 邘 | *ɢʷa | 
| 玗 | *ɢʷa | 
| 芋 | *ɢʷa, *ɢʷas | 
| 杅 | *ɢʷa | 
| 釪 | *ɢʷa | 
| 骬 | *ɢʷa | 
| 謣 | *ɢʷla | 
| 宇 | *ɢʷaʔ | 
Pronunciation
-  Mandarin
-  (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
 - Zhuyin: ㄨ
 - Wade-Giles: wu1
 - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: u
 -  IPA (key): /u⁵⁵/
 
 -  (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
 - Zhuyin: ㄨˋ
 - Wade-Giles: wu4
 - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh
 -  IPA (key): /u⁵¹/
 
 -  (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
 - Zhuyin: ㄩ
 - Wade-Giles: yü1
 - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iu
 -  IPA (key): /y⁵⁵/
 
 -  (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
 - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
 - Wade-Giles: yü2
 - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
 - IPA (key): /y³⁵/
 
 
 -  (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
 -  Cantonese
-  (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: waa1, wu1
 - Yale: wā, wū
 - Cantonese Pinyin: waa1, wu1
 - IPA (key): /wɑː⁵⁵/, /wuː⁵⁵/
 
 
 -  (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
 - Min Nan
 
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 汙 | 汙 | 
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) | 影 (34) | 
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) | 模 (23) | 
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) | 
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open | 
| Division (等) | III | I | 
| Fanqie | 羽俱切 | 烏路切 | 
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang  | 
/ɦɨo/ | /ʔuoH/ | 
| Pan Wuyun  | 
/ɦio/ | /ʔuoH/ | 
| Shao Rongfen  | 
/ɣio/ | /ʔoH/ | 
| Edwin Pulleyblank  | 
/ɦuə̆/ | /ʔɔH/ | 
| Li Rong  | 
/ɣio/ | /ʔoH/ | 
| Wang Li  | 
/ɣĭu/ | /uH/ | 
| Bernard Karlgren  | 
/i̯u/ | /ʔuoH/ | 
| Expected Mandarin Reflex  | 
yú | wù | 
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 汙 | 
| Reading # | 1/1 | 
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin)  | 
wā | 
| Middle Chinese  | 
‹ ʔwæ › | 
| Old Chinese  | 
/*qʷˤra/ | 
| English | impure | 
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: 					* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;  | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 汙 | 汙 | 
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 
| No. | 15688 | 15713 | 
| Phonetic component  | 
于 | 于 | 
| Rime group  | 
魚 | 魚 | 
| Rime subdivision  | 
0 | 0 | 
| Corresponding MC rime  | 
汙 | 于 | 
| Old Chinese  | 
/*qʷaːs/ | /*ɢʷa/ | 
Definitions
汙
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Compounds
Derived terms from 汙
References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)
 - (Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)
 
Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
汙 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune-Reischauer o, Yale o)
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Vietnamese
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