淤

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See also: 瘀
淤 U+6DE4, 淤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DE4
← 淣
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 淥 →

Translingual

Han character

淤 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水卜尸卜 (EYSY), four-corner 38133, composition ⿰氵於)

  1. mud, sediment
  2. clog up, silt up

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 630, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17665
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1033, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1660, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6DE4

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 淤

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (於) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
閼 *qran, *qeːn, *qaːd, *qad
菸 *qeːn, *qas
於 *qaː, *qa
淤 *qa, *qas
箊 *qa
唹 *qa
扵 *qa
瘀 *qas
棜 *qas

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qa, *qas) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 於 (OC *qaː, *qa).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 淤 淤
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 魚 (22) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 央居切 依倨切
Baxter 'jo 'joH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔɨʌ/ /ʔɨʌH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔiɔ/ /ʔiɔH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔiɔ/ /ʔiɔH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔɨə̆/ /ʔɨə̆H/
Li
Rong 		/ʔiɔ/ /ʔiɔH/
Wang
Li 		/ĭo/ /ĭoH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔi̯wo/ /ʔi̯woH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yū yù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyu1 jyu3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 淤 淤
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15811 15817
Phonetic
component 		於 於
Rime
group 		魚 魚
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		於 飫
Old
Chinese 		/*qa/ /*qas/

Definitions

淤

  1. silt

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

淤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): よ (yo); お (o)
  • Kun: どろ (doro)

Korean

Hanja

淤 (eum 어 (eo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

淤: Hán Nôm readings: ứa

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