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U+4F91, 侑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F91

[U+4F90]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4F92]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 9 +6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人大月 (OKB), four-corner 24227, composition)

  1. help, assist, repay kindness

References

  • KangXi: page 102, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 594
  • Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 146, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+4F91

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character


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 () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kɯːʔ
*qʰɯːʔ
*qʰʷɯs
*ɢʷɯʔ, *qʷɯ
*ɢʷɯʔ
*ɢʷɯʔ
*ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs
*ɢʷɯs
*ɢʷɯs, *ɡʷɯ
*ɢʷɯs
*ɢʷɯs
*ɢʷɯs
*ɢʷɯs
*ɢʷɯs
*ɢʷɯs
*qʰʷɯːʔ
*qʰʷɯːʔ, *ɡʷɯː
*ɡʷɯː
*ɢraːw, *ɢʷɯːʔ
*ɢʷɯʔ
*ɢʷɯʔ
*ɢʷɯʔ
*qʷɯ
*qʷɯ
*ɡʷɯ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (35)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦiuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦuwH/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuH/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yòu
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 15600
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷɯs/
Notes

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Proper noun

(hiragana ゆう, romaji )

  1. A female given name

Korean

Hanja

(yu) (hangeul , revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(hựu, nhất)

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References