臾

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臾 U+81FE, 臾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81FE
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 臿 →

Translingual

Han character

臾 (Kangxi radical 134, 臼+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹難人 (HXO), four-corner 77237, composition ⿻臼人(GHT) or ⿻𦥑人(JK))

  1. moment, instant, short while

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1003, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30178
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1459, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3037, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+81FE

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 臾
2nd round simp. 㬰
alternative forms 㬰

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 臾
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (臾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
萸 *lo
臾 *ɡruds, *lo
腴 *lo
諛 *lo
楰 *lo, *loʔ
庾 *loʔ
斞 *loʔ

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 臾
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 羊朱切
Baxter yu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jɨo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jio/
Shao
Rongfen 		/io/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/juə̆/
Li
Rong 		/io/
Wang
Li 		/jĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyu4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 臾
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yú
Middle
Chinese 		‹ yu ›
Old
Chinese 		/*(r)o/
English pull, drag

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 臾
Reading # 2/2
No. 15823
Phonetic
component 		臾
Rime
group 		侯
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		逾
Old
Chinese 		/*lo/

Definitions

臾

  1. a moment, an instant, a short while (used in 須臾／须臾 (xūyú))
  2. a surname

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

臾

  1. Only used in 縱臾／纵臾 (zǒngyǒng).

Pronunciation 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 臾 – see 蕢 (“straw basket; edible amaranth; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of 蕢).

References

Japanese

Kanji

臾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ゆ (yu)
  • Kan-on: ゆ (yu)

Korean

Hanja

臾 (eum 잠깐 유, 권할 용 (jamkkan yu, gwonhal yong))

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