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Translingual
Han character
禹 (Kangxi radical 114, 禸+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹中月戈 (HLBI), four-corner 20427)
- Yu the Great, legendary founder of the Xia Dynasty
Derived characters
- 偊, 㙖, 𡟥, 𡥶, 𢯺, 渪, 𨺲, 𨕘, 𣈭, 楀, 𪹋, 𤘐, 瑀, 䄔, 𦞇, 𥈋, 𰨰, 竬, 𦔊, 聥, 蝺, 踽, 𫒳, 𩘉, 𪑴, 齲(𮯌/龋)
- 𥝀, 鄅, 𬆪, 𩀌, 𩔔, 㙑, 㝢, 萭, 𰨚, 𥯔, 䨞, 𥝊, 属, 𢉠, 𫭎, 𰍞, 𬍿
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 848, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24885
- Dae Jaweon: page 1269, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 39, character 11
- Unihan data for U+79B9
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 踽
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*kʷaʔ, *kʰʷaʔ
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| 萭
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*kʷaʔ, *ɢʷaʔ
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| 聥
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*kʷaʔ, *ɢʷaʔ
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| 楀
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*kʷaʔ, *ɢʷaʔ
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| 齲
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*kʰʷaʔ
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| 禹
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*ɢʷaʔ
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| 瑀
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*ɢʷaʔ
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| 鄅
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*ɢʷaʔ
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The Shuowen interprets the character as pictographic (象形) of an animal. The bronze-script character clearly shows the 虫 component.
Etymology
- insect
- Compare Proto-Tibeto-Burman *was (“honey, bee”) (Benedict, 1972) or semantically closer Proto-Waic *wak "insect" (Schuessler, 2007), the latter from Proto-Palaungic *ʋaːk (“insect, worm”) (Sidwell, 2015).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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禹
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yǔ
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hjuX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʷ(r)aʔ/
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| English
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insect; proper name
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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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禹
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15960
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Phonetic
component
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禹
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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羽
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢʷaʔ/
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Definitions
禹
- (Chinese mythology) Yu the Great (the legendary king associated with a flood myth and the foundation of the Xia dynasty)
- ‡ insect
Compounds
References
- Southern Min
Japanese
Kanji
禹
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- Name of a Xia Dynasty emperor in ancient China: Emperor Yŭ, Yŭ the Great, or Dà Yŭ.
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 禹 (MC hjuX).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
禹 • (U)
- Yu the Great, legendary founder of the Xia Dynasty in ancient China
Further reading
Korean
Hanja
禹 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u, Yale wu)
- (성씨) a surname
- (大禹) Yu the Great
- (임금) king
- (벌레) worm
- (곡척) steel square
Usage notes
- ko:w: 우 (하나라) #우의 치수사업
- 禹라는 문자는 본래 도마뱀이나 악어, 용의 모습을 그린 상형문자로, 우의 기원은 황하에 살던 물의 신이라고 보기도 한다.
- 우 임금 禹(우)
- 김경일, 한자교실, 바다출판사, 1999.
- 더듬이와 꼬리가 긴 곤충 종류의 상형문. 아마도 토템 대상인 듯하다. 역사가 긴 부족.
Vietnamese
Han character
禹: Hán Nôm readings: vũ
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References
- Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
- Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
禹 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja