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黝

黝

Translingual

Han character

黝 (radical 203 黑+5, 17 strokes, cangjie input 田火女戈尸 (WFVIS), four-corner 64327, composition ⿰黑幼)

  1. black

References

  • KangXi: page 1519, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48082
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2053, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4748, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+9EDD

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 黝

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黝
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (幼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
黝 *qliw, *qrɯwʔ
坳 *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws
軪 *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws
眑 *qrɯːw, *qrɯwʔ
拗 *qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws
鴢 *qrɯːwʔ, *qɯːwʔ
靿 *qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws
狕 *qrɯːwʔ
袎 *qrɯːws
怮 *qɯːw, *qrɯw, *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ
窈 *qiːwʔ
苭 *qɯːwʔ
泑 *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ
呦 *qrɯw
蚴 *qrɯwʔ
幼 *qrɯws

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 黝 黝
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 脂 (15) 幽 (138)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 於脂切 於糾切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔiɪ/ /ʔiɪuX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔi/ /ʔɨuX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔjɪ/ /ʔieuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔi/ /ʔjiwX/
Li
Rong		 /ʔi/ /ʔiĕuX/
Wang
Li		 /i/ /iəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔi/ /ʔieuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yī yǒu
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 黝 黝
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15620 15641
Phonetic
component		 幼 幼
Rime
group		 幽 幽
Rime
subdivision		 3 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 伊 黝
Old
Chinese		 /*qliw/ /*qrɯwʔ/
Notes 見莊子

Definitions

黝

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Compounds

  • 黑黝
  • 黑黝黝
  • 黝堊／黝垩
  • 黝暗
  • 黝糾／黝纠
  • 黝銅礦／黝铜矿

Japanese

Kanji

黝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. bluish black, black
  2. dimly lit, dark, black

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

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

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