尤

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See also: 尢 and ㄤ
尤 U+5C24, 尤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C24
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Translingual

Han character

尤 (Kangxi radical 43, 尢+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 戈大山 (IKU), four-corner 43010, composition ⿺尢丶)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 298, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7543
  • Dae Jaweon: page 593, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 551, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+5C24

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 尤

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 尤
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (尤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
尤 *ɢʷɯ
疣 *ɢʷɯ
肬 *ɢʷɯ
沋 *ɢʷɯ
訧 *ɢʷɯ
忧 *ɢʷɯs
蚘 *ɢʷɯː

Pictogram (象形) – hand with a wart. Original form of 疣 and 肬.

Etymology

Sino-Tibetan; compare Tibetan ཡུས (yus, “blame, charge, accusation”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 尤
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 羽求切
Baxter hjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦɨu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦiu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦuw/
Li
Rong 		/ɣiu/
Wang
Li 		/ɣĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jau4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 尤
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yóu
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hjuw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʷə/
English fault; even more

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 尤
Reading # 1/1
No. 15503
Phonetic
component 		尤
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		尤
Old
Chinese 		/*ɢʷɯ/
Notes 甲文象又（手）上加筆指疣

Definitions

尤

  1. fault; flaw
  2. to fault; to blame
    效尤  ―  xiàoyóu  ―  to follow bad examples (literally, "to imitate the blameworthy")
  3. (literary) strange; special; outstanding
  4. (literary) especially; particularly; even more
  5. a surname

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

尤

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. reasonable
  2. just
  3. natural
  4. superb
  5. outstanding
  6. plausible

Readings

Korean

Hanja

尤 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u)

  1. especially, particularly

Vietnamese

Han character

尤: Hán Nôm readings: vưu

  1. (Rare) A Vietnamese surname
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