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Translingual
Han character
吁 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 口一木 (RMD), four-corner 61040, composition ⿰口于)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 174, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3275
- Dae Jaweon: page 387, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 575, character 7
- Unihan data for U+5401
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 侉
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*qaːls
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| 夸
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*kʰʷraː
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| 姱
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*kʰʷraː
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| 胯
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*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
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| 跨
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*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
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| 誇
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*kʰʷraː
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| 垮
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*kʰʷraːʔ
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| 銙
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*kʰʷraːʔ
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| 骻
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*kʰʷraːʔ
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| 咵
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*kʰʷraːʔ
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| 釫
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*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
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| 摦
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*ɡʷraːs
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| 鮬
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*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
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| 嶀
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*qʰʷl'aː
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| 扝
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*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
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| 刳
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*kʰʷaː
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| 郀
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*kʰʷaː
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| 挎
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*kʰʷaː
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| 袴
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*kʰʷaːs
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| 絝
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*kʰʷaːs
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| 褲
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*kʰʷaːs
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| 恗
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*qʰaː
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| 洿
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*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
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| 瓠
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*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
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| 鄠
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*ɢʷlaːʔ
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| 污
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*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
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| 杇
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*qʷaː
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| 圬
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*qʷaː
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| 鴮
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*qʷaː
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| 盓
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*qʷaː
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| 汙
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*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
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| 樗
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*qʰʷl'a
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| 摴
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*qʰʷl'a
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| 荂
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*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
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| 雩
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*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
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| 吁
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*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
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| 盱
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*qʰʷa
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| 訏
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*qʰʷa
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| 扜
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*qʰʷa, *qʷa
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| 旴
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*qʰʷa
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| 冔
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*qʰʷaʔ
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| 紆
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*qʷa
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| 陓
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*qʷa
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| 迂
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*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
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| 虶
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*qʷa
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| 于
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*ɢʷa
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| 盂
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*ɢʷa
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| 竽
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*ɢʷa
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| 邘
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*ɢʷa
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| 玗
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*ɢʷa
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| 芋
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*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
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| 杅
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*ɢʷa
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| 釪
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*ɢʷa
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| 骬
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*ɢʷa
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| 謣
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*ɢʷla
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| 宇
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*ɢʷaʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰʷa, *ɢʷas) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 于 (OC *ɢʷa).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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吁
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xū
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ xju ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʷʰ(r)a/
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| English
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pained
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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吁
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吁
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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15694
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15721
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Phonetic
component
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于
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于
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Rime
group
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魚
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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訏
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芋
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰʷa/
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/*ɢʷas/
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| Notes
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於轉註字
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Definitions
吁
- to sigh
- † huh! (used to express surprise or doubt)
- † worried
- a surname
- Alternative form of 噓／嘘
- Used in 欷吁.
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
吁
- (Mainland China) (used to stop animals from advancing) whoa!
Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 吁 – see 籲 (“to appeal; to plead; to call”).
(This character is the simplified form of 籲). |
| Notes: |
Japanese
Kanji
吁
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
吁 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
吁: Hán Việt readings: hu, hù, u
吁: Nôm readings: hu, hủ, vo, vu, xu
- chữ Hán form of hù (“to scare someone with a surprise”).
- chữ Hán form of vù (“sound of the blowing wind”).
References