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Translingual
Han character
紆 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女火一木 (VFMD), four-corner 21940, composition ⿰糹于)
- bend, turn, twist
- distort
Derived characters
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 916, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27244
- Dae Jaweon: page 1344, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3362, character 10
- Unihan data for U+7D06
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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侉
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*qaːls
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夸
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*kʰʷraː
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姱
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*kʰʷraː
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胯
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*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
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跨
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*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
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誇
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*kʰʷraː
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垮
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*kʰʷraːʔ
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銙
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*kʰʷraːʔ
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骻
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*kʰʷraːʔ
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咵
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*kʰʷraːʔ
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釫
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*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
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摦
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*ɡʷraːs
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鮬
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*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
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嶀
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*qʰʷl'aː
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扝
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*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
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刳
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*kʰʷaː
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郀
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*kʰʷaː
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挎
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*kʰʷaː
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袴
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*kʰʷaːs
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絝
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*kʰʷaːs
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褲
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*kʰʷaːs
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恗
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*qʰaː
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洿
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*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
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瓠
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*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
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鄠
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*ɢʷlaːʔ
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污
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*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
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杇
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*qʷaː
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圬
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*qʷaː
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鴮
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*qʷaː
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盓
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*qʷaː
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汙
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*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
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樗
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*qʰʷl'a
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摴
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*qʰʷl'a
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荂
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*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
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雩
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*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
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吁
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*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
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盱
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*qʰʷa
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訏
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*qʰʷa
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扜
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*qʰʷa, *qʷa
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旴
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*qʰʷa
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冔
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*qʰʷaʔ
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紆
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*qʷa
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陓
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*qʷa
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迂
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*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
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虶
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*qʷa
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于
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*ɢʷa
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盂
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*ɢʷa
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竽
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*ɢʷa
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邘
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*ɢʷa
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玗
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*ɢʷa
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芋
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*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
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杅
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*ɢʷa
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釪
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*ɢʷa
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骬
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*ɢʷa
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謣
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*ɢʷla
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宇
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*ɢʷaʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qʷa) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 于 (OC *ɢʷa).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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紆
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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yū
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ʔju ›
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Old Chinese
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/*qʷ(r)a/
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English
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bent, crooked
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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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紆
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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15700
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Phonetic component
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于
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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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紆
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Old Chinese
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/*qʷa/
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Definitions
紆
- winding; tortuous; twisting and turning
- depressed; downcast
- to entwine; to wind around; to encircle
- to hang; to wear
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
紆
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 紆 (MC 'ju).
Pronunciation
Affix
紆 • (u)
- roundabout
See also
Korean
Hanja
紆 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u, Yale wu)
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