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Translingual
Han character
盂 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一木月廿 (MDBT), four-corner 10107, composition ⿱于皿)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 792, character 40
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22949
- Dae Jaweon: page 1207, character 34
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2557, character 6
- Unihan data for U+76C2
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 侉
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*qaːls
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| 夸
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*kʰʷraː
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| 姱
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*kʰʷraː
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| 胯
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*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
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| 跨
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*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
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| 誇
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*kʰʷraː
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| 垮
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*kʰʷraːʔ
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| 銙
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*kʰʷraːʔ
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| 骻
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*kʰʷraːʔ
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| 咵
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*kʰʷraːʔ
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| 釫
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*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
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| 摦
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*ɡʷraːs
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| 鮬
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*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
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| 嶀
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*qʰʷl'aː
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| 扝
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*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
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| 刳
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*kʰʷaː
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| 郀
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*kʰʷaː
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| 挎
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*kʰʷaː
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| 袴
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*kʰʷaːs
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| 絝
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*kʰʷaːs
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| 褲
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*kʰʷaːs
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| 恗
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*qʰaː
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| 洿
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*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
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| 瓠
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*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
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| 鄠
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*ɢʷlaːʔ
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| 污
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*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
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| 杇
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*qʷaː
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| 圬
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*qʷaː
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| 鴮
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*qʷaː
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| 盓
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*qʷaː
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| 汙
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*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
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| 樗
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*qʰʷl'a
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| 摴
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*qʰʷl'a
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| 荂
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*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
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| 雩
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*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
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| 吁
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*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
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| 盱
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*qʰʷa
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| 訏
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*qʰʷa
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| 扜
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*qʰʷa, *qʷa
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| 旴
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*qʰʷa
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| 冔
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*qʰʷaʔ
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| 紆
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*qʷa
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| 陓
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*qʷa
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| 迂
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*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
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| 虶
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*qʷa
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| 于
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*ɢʷa
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| 盂
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*ɢʷa
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| 竽
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*ɢʷa
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| 邘
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*ɢʷa
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| 玗
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*ɢʷa
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| 芋
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*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
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| 杅
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*ɢʷa
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| 釪
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*ɢʷa
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| 骬
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*ɢʷa
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| 謣
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*ɢʷla
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| 宇
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*ɢʷaʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷa) : phonetic 于 (OC *ɢʷa) + semantic 皿 (“dish; vessel”)
Pronunciation
Note:
- û - literary;
- ô͘ - vernacular.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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盂
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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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‹ hju ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʷ(r)a/
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| English
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a formation of a hunting party
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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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盂
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15707
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Phonetic
component
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于
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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于
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢʷa/
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Definitions
盂
- broad-mouthed receptacle for holding liquids and foods
- (historical) name of a hunting formation
- (～縣) Yu County, Yuxian (a county of Yangquan, Shanxi, China)
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
盂
(Hyōgai kanji)
- bowl (container for foods and liquids)
- Used in transliteration of Sanskrit terms.
- 盂蘭盆 ― urabon ― ullambana (note: this term is taken by many Japanese sources to represent Sanskrit, but this particular term is from Pali.)
Readings
Noun
| For pronunciation and definitions of 盂 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 盂, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)
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| For pronunciation and definitions of 盂 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 盂, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
盂 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u, Yale wu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
盂: Hán Việt readings: vu[1][2][3][4][5]
盂: Nôm readings: vu[1][2], vò[1]
- chữ Hán form of vu (“cup”).
- Nôm form of vò (“jar”).
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