俑

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俑 U+4FD1, 俑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FD1
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 俒 →

Translingual

Han character

俑 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人弓戈月 (ONIB), four-corner 27227, composition ⿰亻甬)

  1. wooden figure buried with the dead

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 104, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 683
  • Dae Jaweon: page 221, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 168, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+4FD1

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 俑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 俑
s05876
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 (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (用) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
通 *l̥ʰoːŋ
俑 *l̥ʰoːŋ, *loŋʔ
蓪 *l̥ʰoːŋ
桶 *l̥ʰoːŋʔ, *l'oːŋʔ
捅 *l̥ʰoːŋʔ
痛 *l̥ʰoːŋs
筩 *l'oːŋ
誦 *ljoŋs
傭 *l̥ʰoŋ, *loŋ
慵 *ɦljoŋ
鱅 *ɦljoŋ, *loŋ
滽 *loŋ
墉 *loŋ
鏞 *loŋ
鄘 *loŋ
槦 *loŋ
銿 *loŋ
甬 *loŋʔ
勇 *loŋʔ
涌 *loŋʔ
踊 *loŋʔ
蛹 *loŋʔ
恿 *loŋʔ
慂 *loŋʔ
悀 *loŋʔ
埇 *loŋʔ
踴 *loŋʔ
庸 *loŋ
用 *loŋs
佣 *loŋs

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 俑 俑
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 透 (6) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 鍾 (7)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 他紅切 余隴切
Baxter thuwng yowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tʰuŋ/ /jɨoŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tʰuŋ/ /jioŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tʰuŋ/ /ioŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tʰəwŋ/ /juawŋX/
Li
Rong 		/tʰuŋ/ /ioŋX/
Wang
Li 		/tʰuŋ/ /jĭwoŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/tʰuŋ/ /i̯woŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tōng yǒng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		tung1 jung5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 俑
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yǒng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ yowngX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*loŋʔ/
English grave figures

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 俑 俑
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15429 15451
Phonetic
component 		用 用
Rime
group 		東 東
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		通 勇
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ʰoːŋ/ /*loŋʔ/

Definitions

俑

  1. tomb figurine

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

俑

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ゆう (yū)
  • Kan-on: よう (yō)
  • Kun: いたむ (itamu)


Kanji in this term
俑
よう
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

俑(よう) • (yō) 

  1. wooden figure buried with the dead

Korean

Hanja

俑 (eum 용 (yong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

俑: Hán Nôm readings: dõng, dũng

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References

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