侑

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侑 U+4F91, 侑
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Translingual

Han character

侑 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人大月 (OKB), four-corner 24227, composition ⿰亻有)

  1. help, assist, repay kindness

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 102, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 594
  • Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 146, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+4F91

Chinese

trad. 侑
simp. # 侑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 侑
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References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (又) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
絠 *kɯːʔ
醢 *qʰɯːʔ
珛 *qʰʷɯs
栯 *ɢʷɯʔ, *qʷɯ
有 *ɢʷɯʔ
友 *ɢʷɯʔ
右 *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs
宥 *ɢʷɯs
囿 *ɢʷɯs, *ɡʷɯ
侑 *ɢʷɯs
酭 *ɢʷɯs
姷 *ɢʷɯs
又 *ɢʷɯs
佑 *ɢʷɯs
祐 *ɢʷɯs
賄 *qʰʷɯːʔ
蛕 *qʰʷɯːʔ, *ɡʷɯː
烠 *ɡʷɯː
倄 *ɢraːw, *ɢʷɯːʔ
鮪 *ɢʷɯʔ
洧 *ɢʷɯʔ
痏 *ɢʷɯʔ
郁 *qʷɯ
戫 *qʷɯ
哊 *ɡʷɯ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 侑
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 于救切
Baxter hjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦiuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣiəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦuwH/
Li
Rong 		/ɣiuH/
Wang
Li 		/ɣĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jau6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 侑
Reading # 1/1
No. 15600
Phonetic
component 		又
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		宥
Old
Chinese 		/*ɢʷɯs/
Notes 甲文作屮下一，
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Definitions

侑

  1. (literary) to urge (someone to eat or drink)
  2. † to help; to assist
  3. † to requite; to repay kindness
  4. † This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  5. † Alternative form of 宥 (yòu, “to forgive”)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

侑

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. help, assist
  2. urge to eat

Readings

Proper noun

侑(ゆう) • (Yū) 

  1. a female given name

Korean

Hanja

侑 (eum 유 (yu))

  1. help, assist
  2. repay kindness

Vietnamese

Han character

侑: Hán Nôm readings: hựu, nhất

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

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