遊

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See also: 游
遊 U+904A, 遊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-904A
← 遉
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 運 →

Translingual

Han character

遊 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜卜尸木 (YYSD), four-corner 38304, composition ⿺辶斿)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1261, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38994
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1751, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3861, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+904A

Chinese

trad. 遊
simp. 游*
2nd round simp. 沋
alternative forms 𨔼
逰

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (斿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
游 *lu
遊 *lu
蝣 *lu
斿 *lu

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lu) : semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 斿 (OC *lu).

Etymology

From Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Tibetan རྒྱུ་ (rgyu, “to go; to walk; to move; to wander”), Lepcha ᰚᰪ (yŭ), Rawang yɨ (“to flow”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Same word as 游 (OC *lu, “to swim”). See there for more.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 遊
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 以周切
Baxter yuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jɨu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jiu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/iəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/juw/
Li
Rong 		/iu/
Wang
Li 		/jĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jau4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 遊
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yóu
Middle
Chinese 		‹ yuw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ru/
English wander about

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 遊
Reading # 1/1
No. 15546
Phonetic
component 		斿
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		猷
Old
Chinese 		/*lu/
Notes 同遊

Definitions

遊

  1. to travel; to tour
    遊客／游客  ―  yóukè  ―  traveler, tourist
    旅遊／旅游  ―  lǚyóu  ―  trip, travel
  2. to wander; to roam
    遊走／游走  ―  yóuzǒu  ―  wandering, to migrate
    遊民／游民  ―  yóumín  ―  vagrant, vagabond
    遊蕩／游荡  ―  yóudàng  ―  to roam about
  3. to play
    遊玩／游玩  ―  yóuwán  ―  to play
  4. to walk
    遊行／游行  ―  yóuxíng  ―  to march
  5. to associate with, to have contact with
    交遊／交游  ―  jiāoyóu  ―  to have friendly relationships
  6. to persuade, to convince
    遊說／游说  ―  yóushuì  ―  to persuade
  7. to move freely
    遊刃有餘／游刃有余  ―  yóurènyǒuyú  ―  to do something skillfully and easily
  8. Alternative form of 游 (yóu, “to swim”)

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai 遊
Kyūjitai
遊󠄁
遊+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
遊󠄃
遊+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

遊

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. to play

Readings

Compounds

References

  1. ^ “遊”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

遊 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

遊: Hán Nôm readings: du

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