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Translingual
Han character
裕 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中金人口 (LCOR), four-corner 38268, composition ⿰衤谷)
- abundant, rich, plentiful
See also
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1117, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34305
- Dae Jaweon: page 1583, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3094, character 13
- Unihan data for U+88D5
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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螸
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*lo
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裕
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*loɡs
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容
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*loŋ
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溶
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*loŋ, *loŋʔ
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鎔
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*loŋ
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蓉
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*loŋ
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傛
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*loŋ, *loŋʔ
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褣
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*loŋ
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搈
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*loŋ
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瑢
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*loŋ
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嵱
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*loŋ
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熔
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*loŋ
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榕
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*loŋ
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塎
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*loŋʔ
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谷
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*ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ
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唂
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*kloːɡ
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焀
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*ɡloːɡ
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俗
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*ljoɡ
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欲
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*loɡ
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浴
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*loɡ
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鵒
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*loɡ
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峪
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*ɦkloːɡ
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鋊
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*loɡ
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輍
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*loɡ
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慾
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*loɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *loɡs) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : phonetic 谷 (OC *ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ, “hole, gap”) + semantic 衣 (“clothes”) — some space between one's clothes, representing comfort and leeway.
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *luk (“enough, satiated”). Cognate with Burmese လောက် (lauk, “enough, sufficient”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation
Note:
- ū/jī - literary;
- lū/jū - vernacular.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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裕
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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4283
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Phonetic component
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谷
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Rime group
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竇
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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裕
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Old Chinese
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/*loɡs/
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Definitions
裕
- abundant; rich; plentiful
- to enrich
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
裕
(Jōyō kanji)
- abundant, rich
- fertile
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
Nominalization of 豊か (yutaka, “abundant, plentiful”).
Proper noun
裕 • (Yutaka)
- a male or female given name
Etymology 2
Nominalization of classical adjective 広し (hiroshi), modern 広い (hiroi, “vast, wide”).
Proper noun
裕 • (Hiroshi)
- a male given name
Korean
Hanja
裕 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)
- enough, sufficient, ample, plenty
Vietnamese
Han character
裕: Hán Việt readings: dụ[1], dủ[2], dũ[3]
裕: Nôm readings: dụ[4]
- chữ Hán form of dụ (“abundant; plentiful”).
References