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Translingual
Han character
虞 (Kangxi radical 141, 虍+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜心口一大 (YPRMK) or 卜心口女大 (YPRVK), four-corner 21281, composition ⿸虍吳(HTK) or ⿸虍呉(J) or ⿸虍吴(GV))
Derived characters
- 噳, 澞, 𡑾, 𡢢, 𪝭, 𪩽, 𦾚, 𥵂, 𩦢, 鸆, 𪋬
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1074, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32723
- Dae Jaweon: page 1543, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2827, character 2
- Unihan data for U+865E
Chinese
trad.
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虞
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simp. #
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虞
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alternative forms
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𠈌 ancient form 𩦢 partial 𮓥 historical variant
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Wikipedia has articles on:
- 虞朝 (Written Standard Chinese?)
- 虞姓 (Written Standard Chinese?)
- 有虞氏 (Written Standard Chinese?)
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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吳
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*ŋʷaː
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蜈
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*ŋʷaː
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鋘
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*ŋʷaː, *ŋʷraː
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麌
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*ŋʷaː, *ŋʷaʔ
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祦
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*ŋaː
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誤
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*ŋʷaːs
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悞
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*ŋʷaːs
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娛
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*ŋʷaːs, *ŋʷa
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虞
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*ŋʷa
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澞
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*ŋʷa
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鸆
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*ŋʷa
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俁
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*ŋʷaʔ
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噳
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*ŋʷaʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ŋʷa) : semantic 虍 (“tiger”) + phonetic 吳 (OC *ŋʷaː).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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虞
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虞
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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yú
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yú
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ngju ›
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‹ ngju ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ʷ(r)a/
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/*ʷ(r)a/
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English
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foresee
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gamester; forester
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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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虞
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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13103
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Phonetic component
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吴
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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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Old Chinese
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/*ŋʷa/
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Definitions
虞
- (obsolete) zouyu, an ancient legendary creature, also known as 騶虞/驺虞 (zōuyú)
- (historical) an ancient officer in charge of managing forests and hunting grounds
- (literary) to predict; to guess; to foresee
- (literary) to be concerned about; to worry
無貳無虞、上帝臨女。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
无贰无虞、上帝临女。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Wú'èr wúyú, Shàngdì lín rǔ.
- Have no doubts, no anxieties; God is with you.'
天運合回,丞相遷回長安,方可無虞。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
天运合回,丞相迁回长安,方可无虞。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]- From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14th century CE
- Tiānyùn héhuí, chéngxiàng qiān huí Cháng'ān, fāng kě wúyú.
- Our fate has come full circle; the chancellor must move back to Chang'an so as to have no worries.
- (literary) to deceive; to fool; to cheat
- 爾虞我詐/尔虞我诈 ― ěryúwǒzhà ― to deceive each other
- Alternative form of 娛/娱 (“enjoyment; pleasure”)
- a legendary ancient Chinese dynasty that could have existed prior to the Xia dynasty, founded by Shun
《記》曰:「虞、夏、商、周,有師保,有疑丞。設四輔及三公。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
《记》曰:「虞、夏、商、周,有师保,有疑丞。设四辅及三公。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- “Jì” yuē: “Yú, xià, shāng, zhōu, yǒu shībǎo, yǒu yíchéng. Shè sì fǔ jí sāngōng.”
- The history says, ‘Under the dynasties of Yu, Xia, Shang, and Zhou, there were the master, the guardian, the Yi, and the Cheng, and there were appointed the four aides and the three ducal ministers.’
- an ancient state during the Western Zhou and the Spring and Autumn period, located in modern-day Pinglu County, Shanxi
- (~日) (telegraphy) the seventh day of a month
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Shinjitai
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虞
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Kyūjitai
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虞󠄁 虞+󠄁 ? (Adobe-Japan1)
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虞󠄃 虞+󠄃 ? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
虞
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- to worry, to fear
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 虞 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 虞, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Proper noun
虞 • (Gu)
- Yu (a legendary ancient Chinese dynasty, founded by Shun)
- A surname in Chinese
References
- ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1877 (paper), page 990 (digital)
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 虞 (MC ngju).
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
虞 (eumhun 염려할 우 (yeomnyeohal u))
- Hanja form? of 우 (“to worry”).
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
虞: Hán Nôm readings: ngu
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