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Translingual
Han character
俞 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人一月弓 (OMBN), four-corner 80221, composition ⿱亼刖)
Derived characters
- 偷, 喻, 堬, 媮, 崳, 㡏, 愉, 揄, 渝, 㺄, 隃, 𣈥, 榆, 牏, 瑜, 䄖, 腧, 𤭷, 睮, 䃋, 褕, 緰(𦈕), 羭, 𦖭, 蝓, 諭(谕), 䜽, 𧱬, 貐, 踰, 䠼, 輸(输), 䤅, 鍮(𨱎), 䩱, 䬔(𱃞), 𩜶(𱄁), 騟(𩨈)
- 㓱, 鄃, 歈, 毹, 㼶, 覦(觎), 嵛, 萮, 𣈯, 窬, 逾, 愈, 毺, 㢏, 瘉, 䵉, 匬, 𰿵
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 105, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 703
- Dae Jaweon: page 223, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 155, character 3
- Unihan data for U+4FDE
Chinese
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 俞
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Shang
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Western Zhou
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Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
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Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
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Oracle bone script
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Bronze inscriptions
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Small seal script
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Transcribed ancient scripts
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b13234 b13235 b13236 b13237 b13238 b13239 b13240 b13241 b13242
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Transcribed ancient scripts L30528 L30529 L30530 L02687 L02688 L02689
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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).
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Old Chinese
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褕
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*low, *lo
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偷
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*l̥ʰoː
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媮
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*l̥ʰoː, *lo
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鍮
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*l̥ʰoː
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緰
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*l'oː, *slo
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牏
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*l'oː, *l'os, *lo
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揄
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*l'oː, *l'oːʔ, *lu, *lo
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窬
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*l'oː, *l'oːs, *lo
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歈
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*l'oː, *lo
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俞
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*l̥ʰus, *lo
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隃
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*slo, *hljo, *hljos, *lo
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毹
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*sro
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輸
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*hljo, *hljos
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鄃
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*hljo, *lo
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腧
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*hljos
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逾
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*lo
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榆
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*lo
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愉
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*lo
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渝
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*lo
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瑜
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*lo
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蕍
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*lo
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覦
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*lo, *los
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蝓
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*lo
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踰
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*lo
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崳
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*lo
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羭
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*lo
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堬
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*lo
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瘉
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*lo, *loʔ
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萮
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*lo
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騟
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*lo
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愈
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*loʔ
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貐
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*loʔ
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喻
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*los
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諭
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*los
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In oracle bone script, it was likely a phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 凡 + phonetic inverted 由 (OC *lɯw), hence a form vaguely similar to 甲. It's also possible that the phonetic component is instead an ancient form of 鏃 (OC *ʔsoːɡ).
In bronze inscriptions, 凡 corrupted into 舟, and the bottom-right subcomponent of 甲 gradually corrupted into two lines 巜 (now written 刂). The upper-right subcomponent (vaguely similar to 口) was eventually stylized as (亼) and moved to the top of the character in bamboo slips. Eventually, 舟 was further corrupted into 月, arriving at the modern form.
Unrelated to 前, 刖, 巜, and 巛.
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- zou2 - vernacular (incl. surname);
- zy2 - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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俞
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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yú
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Middle Chinese
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‹ yu ›
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Old Chinese
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/*lo/
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English
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yes, agree; satisfied, at ease
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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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俞
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Reading #
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2/2
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No.
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15853
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Phonetic component
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俞
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Rime group
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侯
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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逾
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Old Chinese
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/*lo/
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Notes
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金文象以銳器刳木爲舟
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Definitions
俞
- to approve; to consent
- yes
- to reply; to respond
- (literary) satisfied; at ease
- a surname
- 俞大猷 ― Yú Dàyóu ― Yu Dayou (Chinese general and martial artist during the Ming dynasty)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
俞
- † Alternative form of 腧 (“acupoint”)
Pronunciation 3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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俞
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Reading #
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1/2
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No.
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15841
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Phonetic component
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俞
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Rime group
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幽
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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畜
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Old Chinese
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/*l̥ʰus/
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Definitions
俞
- † a surname
Pronunciation 4
Definitions
俞
- † Alternative form of 愈 (yù, “even more”)
- † Alternative form of 癒/愈 (yù, “to recover”)
Pronunciation 5
Definitions
俞
- Used in 俞兒/俞儿.
References
Japanese
Kanji
俞
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
俞 (eum 유 (yu))
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Vietnamese
Han character
俞: Hán Nôm readings: dũ
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References