譽

Translingual

Han character

譽 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+14, 21 strokes, cangjie input 竹金卜一口 (HCYMR), four-corner 7760₁, composition ⿱與言)

Derived characters

• 𥗻

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1185, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36066
• Dae Jaweon: page 1648, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4024, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8B7D

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 譽
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *la, *las) : phonetic 與 (OC *la, *laʔ, *las) + semantic 言 (“say”).

Etymology

Both 譽 (OC *las, “renown, praise (n.)”) and 譽 (OC *la, “to praise (v.)”) are related; the latter in turn is related to 舁 (OC *la, “to shoulder, to lift”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Ultimate origin is Sino-Tibetan: compare Tibetan རླ (rla) & བླ (bla, “over, above, upper, higher, superior”) (Schuessler, 2007; Coblin, 1986).

This word family is allofamic to 揚 (OC *laŋ), its Tibeto-Burman cognates, & ancestor Proto-Sino-Tibetan *laŋ; as well as 輿 (OC *la, *las) & 舉 (OC *klaʔ) (Schuessler, 2007, see also Baxter & Sagart, 1998).

Pronunciation

Definitions

譽

1. fame; reputation

   • 庶幾夙夜、以永終譽。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     庶几夙夜、以永终誉。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shùjǐ sùyè, yǐ yǒng zhōng yù.

     They are sure, day and night, to perpetuate their fame.

2. to praise

   • 式燕且譽、好爾無射。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     式燕且誉、好尔无射。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shì yàn qiě yù, hǎo ěr wú yì.

     We will feast, and I will praise her. 'I love you, and will never be weary of you.'

   • 我心寫兮、是以有譽處兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     我心写兮、是以有誉处兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wǒ xīn xiě xī, shìyǐ yǒu yù chù xī.

     My heart is entirely satisfied. Right is it they should have praise and prosperity!

Compounds

References

• “譽”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 誉)

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Readings

• Go-on: よ (yo)
• Kan-on: よ (yo)
• Kun: ほまれ (homare, 譽れ); ほめる (homeru, 譽める)

Korean

Hanja

譽 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

譽: Hán Nôm readings: dự, dư

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