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Translingual
Han character
幽 (Kangxi radical 52, 幺+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 山女戈戈 (UVII), four-corner 22770, composition ⿻山𢆶)
Derived characters
- 㗀, 𢰠, 𭱒, 𪴉, 𦂣, 𧍘, 䫜, 𢇑, 𢇕, 𦇵, 𠋔, 𢉾
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 342, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9205
- Dae Jaweon: page 651, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1094, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5E7D
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qɯw) : phonetic 𢆶 () + semantic 山 (originally 火 in oracle bone).
Etymology
Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Mru (iu ~ ʔiu, “dark”) (Löffler, 1966); possibly also related to Tibetan གཡོག (g.yog, “to cover”) and གཡོགས (g.yogs, “lid”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Related to 黝 (yǒu), 窅 (yǎo), 杳 (yǎo), 穾 (yào), 窔 (yào).
Allofam is probably 窈窕 (OC *qiːwʔ l'eːwʔ) (ibid.).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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幽
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
yōu
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ ʔjiw ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*(r)iw/
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| English
|
dark; secluded
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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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幽
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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14620
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Phonetic
component
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幽
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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幽
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Old
Chinese
|
/*qɯw/
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| Notes
|
甲金文從火從二幺會意火微
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Definitions
幽
- dim; dark
- deep and remote
- hidden; concealed
- bottled up
- quiet; tranquil
- to confine; to imprison
- netherworld; nether; nether-
- a surname
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
幽
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- dark
- netherworld
- hidden
- confine, imprison
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
幽 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
幽: Hán Nôm readings: u, ù
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