雩
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Translingual
Han character
雩 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一月一一尸 (MBMMS), four-corner 10727, composition ⿱⻗亏)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1371, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42212
- Dae Jaweon: page 1878, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4057, character 4
- Unihan data for U+96E9
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 雩 | |||
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 侉 | *qaːls |
| 夸 | *kʰʷraː |
| 姱 | *kʰʷraː |
| 胯 | *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs |
| 跨 | *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs |
| 誇 | *kʰʷraː |
| 垮 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 銙 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 骻 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 咵 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 釫 | *ɢʷraː, *qʷaː |
| 摦 | *ɡʷraːs |
| 鮬 | *pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː |
| 嶀 | *qʰʷl'aː |
| 扝 | *kʰʷaː, *qʷaː |
| 刳 | *kʰʷaː |
| 郀 | *kʰʷaː |
| 挎 | *kʰʷaː |
| 袴 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 絝 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 褲 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 恗 | *qʰaː |
| 洿 | *ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː |
| 瓠 | *ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs |
| 鄠 | *ɢʷlaːʔ |
| 污 | *qʷaː, *qʷaːs |
| 杇 | *qʷaː |
| 圬 | *qʷaː |
| 鴮 | *qʷaː |
| 盓 | *qʷaː |
| 汙 | *qʷaːs, *ɢʷa |
| 樗 | *qʰʷl'a |
| 摴 | *qʰʷl'a |
| 荂 | *pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa |
| 雩 | *qʰʷla, *ɢʷla |
| 吁 | *qʰʷa, *ɢʷas |
| 盱 | *qʰʷa |
| 訏 | *qʰʷa |
| 扜 | *qʰʷa, *qʷa |
| 旴 | *qʰʷa |
| 冔 | *qʰʷaʔ |
| 紆 | *qʷa |
| 陓 | *qʷa |
| 迂 | *qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa |
| 虶 | *qʷa |
| 于 | *ɢʷa |
| 盂 | *ɢʷa |
| 竽 | *ɢʷa |
| 邘 | *ɢʷa |
| 玗 | *ɢʷa |
| 芋 | *ɢʷa, *ɢʷas |
| 杅 | *ɢʷa |
| 釪 | *ɢʷa |
| 骬 | *ɢʷa |
| 謣 | *ɢʷla |
| 宇 | *ɢʷaʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰʷla, *ɢʷla) : semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 于 (OC *ɢʷa).
Etymology 1
| trad. | 雩 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 雩 | |
| alternative forms | 𩁹 𦏻 𦏴 | |
A 平聲／平声 (píngshēng) noun derived from 雨 (OC *ɢʷaʔ, “to rain”), possibly through back-formation (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yú
- Wade–Giles: yü2
- Yale: yú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
- Palladius: юй (juj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /y³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jyu4
- Yale: yùh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jy4
- Guangdong Romanization: yu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: u1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: u
- Sinological IPA (key): /u³³/
- (Teochew)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: hju
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʷ(r)a/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷla/
Definitions
雩
- (historical) sacrifice with prayer and dance for rain
Compounds
Etymology 2
| trad. | 雩 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 雩 | |
Preserved in many modern Wu dialects, as well as a few neighbouring Huizhou and Jianghuai Mandarin dialects, as 鱟 (Xiang, 2014).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yù
- Wade–Giles: yü4
- Yale: yù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
- Palladius: юй (juj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /y⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
雩
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 虹 (“rainbow”)
Etymology 3
| trad. | 雩 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 雩 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syu
- Wade–Giles: hsü1
- Yale: syū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
- Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: xju
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷla/
Definitions
雩
Japanese
Kanji
雩
- offer sacrifice for rain
Readings
Korean
Hanja
雩 (eum 우 (u))
- a shamanistic service to pray for rain
Vietnamese
Han character
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