侑

侑 U+4F91, 侑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F91
← 侐
[U+4F90]
CJK Unified Ideographs 侒 →
[U+4F92]

Translingual

Han character

侑 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人大月 (OKB), four-corner 24227, composition ⿰亻有)

  1. help, assist, repay kindness

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 102, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 594
  • Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 146, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+4F91

Chinese

trad. 侑
simp. # 侑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 侑


References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 侑
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 于救切
Baxter hjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦiuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦuwH/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuH/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jau6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 侑
Reading # 1/1
No. 15600
Phonetic
component
又
Rime
group
之
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
宥
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷɯs/
Notes 甲文作屮下一,
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Definitions

侑

  1. (literary) to urge (someone to eat or drink)
  2. † to help; to assist
  3. † to requite; to repay kindness
  4. † This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  5. † Alternative form of 宥 (yòu, “to forgive”)

Compounds

  • 侑卮
  • 侑觴/侑觞
  • 侑食

Japanese

Kanji

侑

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. help, assist
  2. urge to eat

Readings

Proper noun

侑(ゆう) • (Yū) 

  1. a female given name

Korean

Hanja

侑 (eum 유 (yu))

  1. help, assist
  2. repay kindness

Vietnamese

Han character

侑: Hán Nôm readings: hựu, nhất

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

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