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Translingual
Han character
輿 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 竹難十金 (HXJC), four-corner 77801, composition ⿳⿴𦥑車一八)
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1247, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38468
- Dae Jaweon: page 1724, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3549, character 9
- Unihan data for U+8F3F
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 攑
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*kʰlan
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| 藇
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*sla, *ljaʔ, *la, *laʔ, *las
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| 嶼
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*ljaʔ
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| 鱮
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*ljaʔ
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| 舉
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*klaʔ
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| 櫸
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*klaʔ
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| 舁
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*la
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| 與
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*la, *laʔ, *las
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| 輿
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*la, *las
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| 旟
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*la
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| 璵
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*la
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| 歟
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*la, *laʔ, *las
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| 譽
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*la, *las
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| 嬩
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*la
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| 擧
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*la
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| 鸒
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*la, *las
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| 礜
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*las
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| 穥
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*las
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *la, *las) : phonetic 舁 (OC *la) + semantic 車 (“carriage”).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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輿
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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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‹ yo ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*m-q(r)a/
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| English
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vehicle, carriage; carry on shoulders
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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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輿
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輿
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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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15892
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15905
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Phonetic
component
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舁
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舁
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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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余
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豫
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Old
Chinese
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/*la/
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/*las/
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Definitions
輿
- cart; carriage
- (figurative) earth; land; territory
- sedan chair; palanquin
- to carry; to lift
- public; popular; mass
- 輿論／舆论 ― yúlùn ― public opinion
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
輿
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- palanquin, litter
Readings
Etymology
| For pronunciation and definitions of 輿 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 輿, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
輿 • (yeo) (hangeul 여, revised yeo, McCune–Reischauer yŏ, Yale ye)
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Vietnamese
Han character
輿: Hán Nôm readings: dư
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