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Translingual
Han character
彧 (Kangxi radical 59, 彡+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈大口一 (IKRM), four-corner 53100, composition ⿻或⿱丿丿)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 363, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9983
- Dae Jaweon: page 682, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1405, character 13
- Unihan data for U+5F67
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 幗
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*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
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| 慖
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*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
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| 簂
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*kʷɯːɡs
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| 蔮
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*kʷɯːɡs
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| 國
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*kʷɯːɡ
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| 或
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*ɡʷɯːɡ
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| 惑
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*ɡʷɯːɡ
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| 蜮
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*ɡʷɯːɡ, *ɢʷrɯɡ
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| 閾
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*qʰʷrɯɡ
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| 緎
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*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
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| 淢
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*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
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| 域
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*ɢʷrɯɡ
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| 罭
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*ɢʷrɯɡ
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| 棫
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*ɡʷrɯɡ
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| 琙
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*ɡʷrɯɡ
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| 魊
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*ɡʷrɯɡ
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| 馘
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*kʷrɯːɡ
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| 聝
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*kʷrɯːɡ
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| 膕
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*kʷrɯːɡ
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| 摑
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*kʷrɯːɡ
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| 漍
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*kʷrɯːɡ
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| 嘓
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*kʷrɯːɡ
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| 蟈
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*kʷrɯːɡ
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| 掝
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*qʰʷrɯːɡ
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| 彧
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*qʷrɯɡ
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| 稶
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*qʷɯɡ
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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彧
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yù
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔjuwk ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʷək/
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| English
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flourishing
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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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彧
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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5572
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Phonetic
component
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或
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Rime
group
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職
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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郁
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʷrɯɡ/
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| Notes
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同說文戫
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Definitions
彧
- cultured; refined; accomplished
- elegant; gracious
- luxuriant; exuberant; lush
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
彧
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- refined
- cultured
- polished
Readings
Korean
Hanja
彧 • (uk) (hangeul 욱, revised uk, McCune–Reischauer uk, Yale wuk)
- beautiful coloring, a lovely sheen