攸

攸 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人中人大 (OLOK), four-corner 2824₀, composition ⿲亻丨攵)

• 修 脩 筱 條 㫍 䀺 跾 倏 儵 悠 鯈 𠤼 絛 鋚

• 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

Historical forms of the character 攸
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 人 + 攴. On the version on bronzes, some dots were added, perhaps indicating drops of water (水). There are two possible explanations:

According to the first theory and the version on oracle bones, it represents a person warned by a hand holding a stick symbolizing authority or indicating a stick to threat and beat somebody. Hence, it indicates "warning" (e.g., to fix an unacceptable behaviour) and it's the original version of 修.

However, partly in accordance with the interpretation of Xu Shen and the versions on bronzes, the second theory posits that it represents the act of pouring water on a person's back to wash it off and perform a purification ceremony. The original meaning is preserved in 滌. See also 𥁕.

攸 (literary)

1. place; place where

   • 王在靈囿，麀鹿攸伏，麀鹿濯濯，白鳥鶴鶴。
     王在灵囿，麀鹿攸伏，麀鹿濯濯，白鸟鹤鹤。

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Wáng zài líng yòu, yōulù yōu fú, yōulù zhuózhuó, báiniǎo hèhè.

     The king was in the marvelous menagerie, the place where the does resided. The does were sleek, the white birds were glistening.

2. 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。
     汝不能敬命，予大罚殛之，无有攸赦。

     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？
     忠不终而躬逆，焉攸令？

     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?

3. (ideophonic, of water) gently flowing

   河水攸攸  ―  héshuǐ yōuyōu  ―  the stream ebbs and flows

4. (ideophonic) sprinting; quick

   攸然而逝  ―  yōurán ér shì  ―  past and gone

5. (loanword, Taiwan) yocto- (SI unit prefix)
6. alternative form of 悠 (yōu, “distant”)

• “攸”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “攸”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 288.

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. relaxed, at ease
2. place

• Go-on: ゆ (yu)
• Kan-on: ゆう (yū)^{←いう (iu, historical)}
• Kun: ところ (tokoro, 攸)

攸 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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• 修 - 悠 - 倏 - 脩 - 條 - 筱

攸: Hán Nôm readings: du, đu

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