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Translingual
Han character
淤 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水卜尸卜 (EYSY), four-corner 38133, composition ⿰氵於)
- mud, sediment
- clog up, silt up
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 630, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17665
- Dae Jaweon: page 1033, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1660, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6DE4
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 閼
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*qran, *qeːn, *qaːd, *qad
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| 菸
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*qeːn, *qas
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| 於
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*qaː, *qa
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| 淤
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*qa, *qas
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| 箊
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*qa
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| 唹
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*qa
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| 扵
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*qa
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| 瘀
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*qas
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| 棜
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*qas
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qa, *qas) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 於 (OC *qaː, *qa).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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淤
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淤
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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15811
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15817
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Phonetic
component
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於
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於
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Rime
group
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魚
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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於
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飫
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Old
Chinese
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/*qa/
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/*qas/
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Definitions
淤
- silt
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
淤
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
淤 (eum 어 (eo))
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Vietnamese
Han character
淤: Hán Nôm readings: ứa
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