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輸

輸

See also: 輪 and 输

Translingual

Han character

輸 (radical 159 車+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 十十人一弓 (JJOMN), four-corner 58021, composition ⿰車俞)

References

  • KangXi: page 1246, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38438
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1723, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3546, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8F38

Chinese

trad. 輸
simp. 输

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hljo, *hljos) : semantic 車 + phonetic 俞 ‎(OC *l̥ʰus, *lo).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 輸 輸
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 書 (26) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 虞 (24) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 式朱切 傷遇切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɕɨo/ /ɕɨoH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɕio/ /ɕioH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɕio/ /ɕioH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɕuə̆/ /ɕuə̆H/
Li
Rong		 /ɕio/ /ɕioH/
Wang
Li		 /ɕĭu/ /ɕĭuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɕi̯u/ /ɕi̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shū shù
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 輸
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shū
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ syu ›
Old
Chinese		 /*l̥o/
English convey (v.); lose

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 輸 輸
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15847 15851
Phonetic
component		 俞 俞
Rime
group		 侯 侯
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 輸 戍
Old
Chinese		 /*hljo/ /*hljos/

Definitions

輸

  1. to transport; to carry; to haul
  2. to lose; to be beaten; to be defeated
    Synonyms: 敗／败 (bài)
    Antonyms: 贏／赢 (yíng)

Compounds

  • 不服輸／不服输
  • 不見輸贏／不见输赢
  • 不輸／不输
  • 伏輸／伏输
  • 傳輸／传输 (chuánshū)
  • 全血輸血／全血输血
  • 公路運輸／公路运输
  • 公輸／公输
  • 公輸子／公输子
  • 公輸般／公输般
  • 利益輸送／利益输送
  • 動脈輸血／动脉输血
  • 十賭九輸／十赌九输
  • 反輸一帖／反输一帖
  • 同步傳輸／同步传输
  • 問輸／问输
  • 均輸／均输
  • 大敗虧輸／大败亏输
  • 大眾運輸／大众运输
  • 平行輸入／平行输入
  • 手寫輸入／手写输入
  • 打輸／打输
  • 捐輸／捐输
  • 輸氧／输氧
  • 輸油管／输油管
  • 輸液／输液 (shūyè, “to have an intravenous injection”)
  • 輸理／输理
  • 輸精管／输精管 (shūjīngguǎn, “vas deferens”)
  • 輸糧／输粮
  • 輸肝剖膽／输肝剖胆
  • 輸肝瀝膽／输肝沥胆
  • 輸血／输血 (shūxuè, “blood transfusion; to transfuse blood”)
  • 輸誠／输诚
  • 輸贏／输赢
  • 輸身／输身
  • 輸送／输送 (shūsòng, “to transport; to convey; to carry”)
  • 輸送帶／输送带
  • 輸錢／输钱
  • 輸電／输电
  • 運輸／运输 (yùnshū)
  • 運輸工具／运输工具
  • 運輸成本／运输成本
  • 運輸業／运输业
  • 運輸機／运输机
  • 運輸費／运输费

Japanese

Kanji

輸

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

輸 • ‎(su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune-Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

輸 (thâu, thua)

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