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Translingual
Han character
愉 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 心人一弓 (POMN), four-corner 98021, composition ⿰忄俞(GHTJ) or ⿰忄兪(K))
Further reading
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 394, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10905
- Dae Jaweon: page 730, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2330, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6109
Chinese
Glyph origin
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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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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *lo) : semantic 心 + phonetic 俞 (OC *l̥ʰus, *lo).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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愉
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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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enjoy
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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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愉
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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15856
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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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Definitions
愉
- happy; pleased; delightful
Compounds
Etymology 2
Japanese
Shinjitai
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愉
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Kyūjitai [1]
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愉󠄁 愉+󠄁 ? (Adobe-Japan1)
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愉󠄃 愉+󠄃 ? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
愉
(Jōyō kanji)
- pleasure
Readings
References
Korean
Hanja
Wikisource
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Vietnamese
Han character
愉: Hán Nôm readings: du
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