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Translingual

Han character

(radical 163 +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹一弓中 (HMNL), four-corner 27127)

References

  • KangXi: page 1273, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39485
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1772, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3779, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+90F5

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ɢʷɯ
*tol, *dols, *ɢʷɯ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (35)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦuw/
Li
Rong
/ɣiu/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yóu
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 15586
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷɯ/

Definitions

  1. postal; mail
  2. post office

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

  • On: ゆう (yū)
  • Kun: しゅくば (shukuba)

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(u) (hangeul )

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Vietnamese

Han character

(bưu, bươu)

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