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Translingual
Han character
寓 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十田中月 (JWLB), four-corner 30427, composition ⿱宀禺)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 289, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7243
- Dae Jaweon: page 573, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 942, character 13
- Unihan data for U+5BD3
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 齵
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*ŋoː, *ŋo
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| 偶
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*ŋoːʔ, *ŋoːs
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| 耦
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*ŋoːʔ
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| 藕
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*ŋoːʔ
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| 髃
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*ŋoːʔ, *ŋo
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| 蕅
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*ŋoːʔ
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| 愚
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*ŋo
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| 隅
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*ŋo
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| 禺
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*ŋo, *ŋos
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| 湡
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*ŋo
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| 堣
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*ŋo
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| 嵎
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*ŋo
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| 鰅
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*ŋo, *ŋoŋ
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| 鍝
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*ŋo
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| 遇
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*ŋos
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| 寓
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*ŋos
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| 庽
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*ŋos
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| 媀
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*ŋos
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| 喁
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*ŋoŋ
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| 顒
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*ŋoŋ
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Etymology
Possibly related to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *r/s-ŋ(y)a (“to borrow, lend”) (whence Burmese ငှား (hnga:, “to idem”)), though the semantic gap is rather non-trivial (Luce, 1981).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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寓
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yù
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ngjuH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋ(r)o-s/
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| English
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lodge (v.)
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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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寓
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15930
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Phonetic
component
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禺
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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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遇
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋos/
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Definitions
寓
- (literary, or in compounds) to dwell; to reside; to house
- (literary, or in compounds) residence; dwelling
- 公寓 ― gōngyù ― apartment
- (literary, or in compounds) to impute; to attribute; to ascribe in intended meaning; to imply
故曰「賈雨村」云云。更於篇中間用「夢」「幻」等字，卻是此書本旨，兼寓提醒閱者之意。 [MSC, trad.]
故曰「贾雨村」云云。更于篇中间用「梦」「幻」等字，却是此书本旨，兼寓提醒阅者之意。 [MSC, simp.]- From: 'Hongloumeng'
- Gù yuē “gǔ yǔcūn” yúnyún. Gèng yú piān zhōng jiān yòng “mèng” “huàn” děng zì, quèshì cǐ shū běnzhǐ, jiān yù tíxǐng yuè zhě zhī yì.
- Thus names like Chia Yü Ts'un are used. Furthermore the usage of words like "dreams" and "visions" are the main argument of this work; They are intended to combine and give to the reader a warning.
- a surname: Yu
Synonyms
- 存身 (cúnshēn) (literary)
- 安身 (ānshēn) (literary)
- 容身 (róngshēn) (literary)
- 寄寓 (jìyù) (literary)
- 寄居 (jìjū) (to live away from home)
- 居住 (jūzhù)
- 居留 (jūliú)
- 棲身／栖身 (qīshēn)
- 藏身 (cángshēn)
- 處身／处身 (chǔshēn) (formal)
- 住宅 (zhùzhái)
- 住屋 (zhùwū)
- 住房 (zhùfáng)
- 住所 (zhùsuǒ)
- 住處／住处 (zhùchù)
- 宅第 (8zaq-di) (Wu)
- 宅舍 (zháishè) (literary)
- 宮／宫 (gōng) (archaic)
- 家室 (jiāshì)
- 宮室／宫室 (gōngshì) (archaic)
- 家居 (jiājū)
- 家屋 (jiāwū) (literary)
- 寓所 (yùsuǒ) (formal)
- 居室 (jūshì)
- 居所 (jūsuǒ)
- 屋子 (wūzi) (colloquial)
- 屋宇 (wūyǔ) (literary)
- 屋舍 (wūshè) (literary or Hakka)
- 房子 (fángzi)
- 房宇 (fángyǔ) (literary)
- 房屋 (fángwū)
- 房舍 (fángshè) (literary)
- 棟／栋 (dòng) (literary)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
寓
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- temporary abode
- imply
- suggest
Readings
Korean
Hanja
寓 (eum 우 (u))
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Vietnamese
Han character
寓: Hán Nôm readings: ngụ
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