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Translingual
Han character
圉 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 田土廿十 (WGTJ), four-corner 60401, composition ⿴囗幸)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 219, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4793
- Dae Jaweon: page 447, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 720, character 7
- Unihan data for U+5709
Chinese
Glyph origin
Pictogram (象形) . An enclosure (囗) with a hand-restricting instrument (㚔 (niè)) — prison.
In many oracle bone engravements, there was a form composed of 囗 + 執／执 (zhí); it additionally depicted a kneeling human who is confined with the forementioned instrument.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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圉
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
yǔ
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ ngjoX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*m-qʰ<r>aʔ/
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| English
|
prison; keep in enclosure
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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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圉
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15966
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Phonetic
component
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圉
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
|
0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
語
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ŋaʔ/
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Definitions
圉
- prison
- alt. forms: 圄 (yǔ)
- to keep the horse
- one who keeps the horse; horse keeper
- alt. forms: 圄 (yǔ)
- frontier
- Alternative form of 禦／御 (yù)
- Alternative form of 敔 (yǔ)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
圉
(Hyōgai kanji)
- prison
- horse tender, ostler
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
圉 • (eo) (hangeul 어, revised eo, McCune–Reischauer ŏ)
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Vietnamese
Han character
圉: Hán Nôm readings: ngữ, vũ
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References