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俞

俞

俞 U+4FDE, 俞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FDE
← 保
[U+4FDD] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 俟 →
[U+4FDF]
See also: 兪 and 侖

Translingual

Alternative forms

Han character

俞 (radical 9 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人一月弓 (OMBN), four-corner 80221, composition ⿱亼刖)

  1. A surname​.
  2. consent, approve

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 105, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 703
  • Dae Jaweon: page 223, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 155, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4FDE

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 俞

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 俞
Oracle bone script

j19961

j19962

j19963
Bronze inscriptions

b13234

b13235

b13236

b13237

b13238

b13239

b13240

b13241

b13242
Large seal script

L30528

L30529

L30530

L02687

L02688

L02689
Small seal script

s06179
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 (俞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
褕 *low, *lo
偷 *l̥ʰoː
媮 *l̥ʰoː, *lo
鍮 *l̥ʰoː
緰 *l'oː, *slo
牏 *l'oː, *l'os, *lo
揄 *l'oː, *l'oːʔ, *lu, *lo
窬 *l'oː, *l'oːs, *lo
歈 *l'oː, *lo
俞 *l̥ʰus, *lo
隃 *slo, *hljo, *hljos, *lo
毹 *sro
輸 *hljo, *hljos
鄃 *hljo, *lo
腧 *hljos
逾 *lo
榆 *lo
愉 *lo
渝 *lo
瑜 *lo
蕍 *lo
覦 *lo, *los
蝓 *lo
踰 *lo
崳 *lo
羭 *lo
堬 *lo
瘉 *lo, *loʔ
萮 *lo
騟 *lo
愈 *loʔ
貐 *loʔ
喻 *los
諭 *los

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 俞 俞
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36) 徹 (10)
Final (韻) 虞 (24) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 羊朱切 丑救切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jɨo/ /ʈʰɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jio/ /ʈʰiuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /io/ /ȶʰiəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /juə̆/ /ʈʰuwH/
Li
Rong		 /io/ /ȶʰiuH/
Wang
Li		 /jĭu/ /ȶʰĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯u/ /ȶʰi̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yú chòu
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 俞
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yú
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ yu ›
Old
Chinese		 /*lo/
English yes, agree; satisfied, at ease

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 俞 俞
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15841 15853
Phonetic
component		 俞 俞
Rime
group		 幽 侯
Rime
subdivision		 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 畜 逾
Old
Chinese		 /*l̥ʰus/ /*lo/
Notes 金文象以銳器刳木爲舟

Definitions

俞

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References

Japanese

Kanji

俞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

俞 • ‎(yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

俞 (dũ)

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