娛

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See also: 娱 and 娯
娛 U+5A1B, 娛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A1B
← 娚
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 娜 →

娛 U+2F863, 娛
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F863
← 姬
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 娧 →

Translingual

Traditional 娛
Shinjitai 娯
Simplified 娱

Han character

娛 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女口女大 (VRVK), four-corner 46481, composition ⿰女吳)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 262, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6307
  • Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1051, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+5A1B

Chinese

trad. 娛/娱
simp. 娱
alternative forms 娯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (吳) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
吳 *ŋʷaː
蜈 *ŋʷaː
鋘 *ŋʷaː, *ŋʷraː
麌 *ŋʷaː, *ŋʷaʔ
祦 *ŋaː
誤 *ŋʷaːs
悞 *ŋʷaːs
娛 *ŋʷaːs, *ŋʷa
虞 *ŋʷa
澞 *ŋʷa
鸆 *ŋʷa
俁 *ŋʷaʔ
噳 *ŋʷaʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 娛 娛
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 虞 (24) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 虞俱切 五故切
Baxter ngju nguH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋɨo/ /ŋuoH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋio/ /ŋuoH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋio/ /ŋoH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋuə̆/ /ŋɔH/
Li
Rong 		/ŋio/ /ŋoH/
Wang
Li 		/ŋĭu/ /ŋuH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ŋi̯u/ /ŋuoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yú wù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyu4 ng6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 娛
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yú
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngju ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋʷ(r)a/
English rejoice

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 娛 娛
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 13101 13104
Phonetic
component 		吴 吴
Rime
group 		魚 魚
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		誤
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋʷaːs/ /*ŋʷa/

Definitions

娛

  1. to amuse; to entertain
  2. amusing; entertaining
  3. amusement; enjoyment; pleasure
  4. entertainment

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai

娯

Kyūjitai

娛

Kanji

娛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 娯)

  1. recreation

Readings

Usage notes

This character has never been used in Japanese and lacks essential JIS support. Tha variant 娯 is used instead.

Korean

Hanja

娛 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o)

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Vietnamese

Han character

娛: Hán Nôm readings: ngu

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