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Translingual
Han character
攸 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人中人大 (OLOK), four-corner 28240, composition ⿲亻丨攵)
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 468, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13113
- Dae Jaweon: page 816, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 132, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6538
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 絛
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*l̥ʰɯːw
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| 窱
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*ʔl'ɯːwʔ, *l̥ʰɯːws
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| 蓧
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*l̥ʰɯːw, *l'ɯːwɢ
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| 條
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*l'ɯːw
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| 鋚
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*l'ɯːw
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| 鞗
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*l'ɯːw
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| 樤
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*l'ɯːw
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| 鰷
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*l'ɯːw
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| 莜
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*l'ɯːws
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| 翛
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*slɯːw, *hljɯwɢ
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| 筱
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*slɯːwʔ
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| 篠
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*slɯːwʔ
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| 修
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*slɯw
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| 脩
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*slɯw
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| 樇
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*slɯw
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| 滫
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*slɯwʔ
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| 悠
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*lɯw
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| 攸
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*lɯw
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| 浟
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*lɯw
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| 蓨
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*l̥ʰɯːwɢ
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| 滌
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*l'ɯːwɢ
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| 儵
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*hljɯwɢ
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| 倐
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*hljɯwɢ
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| 倏
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*hljɯwɢ
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| 虪
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*hljɯwɢ
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Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 人 + 攴. Pouring water on a person's back to wash it off and perform a purification ceremony, the original character of 滌.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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攸
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yōu
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ yuw ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*liw/
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| English
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place where
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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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攸
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15480
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Phonetic
component
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攸
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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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猷
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Old
Chinese
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/*lɯw/
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Definitions
攸 (literary)
- place; place where
- what/that which is ; indicates the patient of the verb, synonym of 所 (suǒ)
- 四方攸同 ― sìfāng yōu tóng ― all is harmonious in the world
- 性命攸關／性命攸关 ― xìngmìng yōuguān ― a matter of life and death
汝不能敬命，予大罰殛之，無有攸赦。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
汝不能敬命，予大罚殛之，无有攸赦。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Rǔ bù néng jìng mìng, yǔ dà fá jí zhī, wú yǒu yōu shè.
- Should you be unable to respect my command, I shall carry out the great penalty of execution for it. There will be no forgiveness.
忠不終而躬逆，焉攸令？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
忠不终而躬逆，焉攸令？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Yang Xiong, Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings), 9 CE
- Zhōng bù zhōng ér gōng nì, yān yōu lìng?
- One's loyalty is incomplete, and one rebels in person; how is that something good?
- (ideophonic, of water) gently flowing
- 河水攸攸 ― héshuǐ yōuyōu ― the stream ebbs and flows
- (ideophonic) sprinting; quick
- 攸然而逝 ― yōurán ér shì ― past and gone
- (loanword, Taiwan) yocto- (SI unit prefix)
- Alternative form of 悠 (yōu, “distant”)
See also
| SI prefix
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| Last
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Next
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| 介/仄
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攸/幺
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絨/柔／绒/柔
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Japanese
Kanji
攸
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- relaxed, at ease
- place
Readings
Korean
Hanja
攸 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)
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See also
Vietnamese
Han character
攸: Hán Nôm readings: du, đu
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