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忧 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Translingual
Han character
忧 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 心戈大山 (PIKU), composition ⿰忄尤)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 377, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10362
- Dae Jaweon: page 705, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2276, character 6
- Unihan data for U+5FE7
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 尤
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*ɢʷɯ
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| 疣
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*ɢʷɯ
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| 肬
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*ɢʷɯ
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| 沋
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*ɢʷɯ
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| 訧
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*ɢʷɯ
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| 忧
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*ɢʷɯs
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| 蚘
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*ɢʷɯː
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷɯs) : semantic 心 + phonetic 尤 (OC *ɢʷɯ).
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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忧
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15508
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Phonetic
component
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尤
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Rime
group
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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宥
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢʷɯs/
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Definitions
忧
- † heartbeat
- † to not move