猶

• 由 (As seen in Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion by Wang Xizhi)

猶 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大竹廿金田 (KHTCW), four-corner 4826₁, composition ⿰犭酋)

• 𮬎, 蕕(莸), 𥴕, 𫻆

• 犹 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 715, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20557
• Dae Jaweon: page 1127, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1359, character 9
• Unihan data for U+7336

Historical forms of the character 猶
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *klus, *lu, *lus): semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 酋 (OC *sɡlu) – a kind of monkey.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Compare Burmese လို”)

猶

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of monkey
2. suspicious; hesitant
3. (literary, in a figurative sense) to be like; to be just as

   • 以若所為求若所欲，猶緣木而求魚也。
     以若所为求若所欲，犹缘木而求鱼也。

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Yǐ ruò suǒ wéi qiú ruò suǒ yù, yóu yuán mù ér qiú yú yě.

     With such practice seeking for such objective: as if climbing a tree to seek for fish.

   • 有賢而用之者，國之福也，有之而不用，猶無有也。可不慎歟？
     有贤而用之者，国之福也，有之而不用，犹无有也。可不慎欤？

     From: c. 1068, Wang Anshi, 《興賢》, translated by Xu Yingcai

     Yǒu xián ér yòng zhī zhě, guó zhī fú yě, yǒu zhī ér bù yòng, yóu wú yǒu yě. Kě bùshèn yú?

     It is indeed good fortune for a nation when there are talents and they are utilized, but they are as good as nonexistent if these talents exist but are not utilized. We could not afford not to be cautious about this!

4. (literary) still; yet; as before

   • 往者不可諫，來者猶可追。
     往者不可谏，来者犹可追。

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wǎng zhě bùkě jiàn, lái zhě yóu kě zhuī.

     As to the past, reproof is useless; but the future may still be provided against.

   • 四海無閒田，農夫猶餓死。
     四海无闲田，农夫犹饿死。

     From: Tang Dynasty, 李紳 , 憫農

     Sìhǎi wú xián tián, nóngfū yóu èsǐ.

     Not a field in the land is dormant, yet farmers still starve to death.

5. short for 猶太／犹太 (Yóutài, “Jew; Jewish”)
6. alternative form of 猷 (yóu, “plan; scheme”)
7. a surname

Some scholars argue that the character "猶" (referring to a monkey) reflects a nature of suspicion, which is similar to the behavior of the "與" (a suspicious wild animal).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

猶

1. (Hokkien) still; yet

   伊猶咧睏。／伊犹咧困。   ―  I iáu teh khùn.   ―  He is still sleeping.

• “猶”, 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), “犹”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 289.

Shinjitai	猶
Kyūjitai	猶󠄂 猶+󠄂? (Adobe-Japan1)
	猶󠄄 猶+󠄄? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Jōyō kanji)

1. still

• Go-on: ゆ (yu)
• Kan-on: ゆう (yū, Jōyō)^{←いう (iu, historical)}
• Kun: さる (saru, 猶)、なお (nao, 猶)^{←なほ (nafo, なほ, historical)}、なお…ごとし (nao…gotoshi, 猶…ごとし)^{←なほ…ごとし (nafo…gotosi, 猶…ごとし, historical)}、なお (nao, 猶お)、より (yori, 猶り)
• Nanori: さね (sane)、なお (nao)、のり (nori)、みち (michi)、より (yori)

猶 (eum 유 (yu))

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猶: Hán Nôm readings: do

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