雩

雩 U+96E9, 雩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96E9
← 雨
[U+96E8]
CJK Unified Ideographs 雪 →
[U+96EA]

Translingual

Han character

雩 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一月一一尸 (MBMMS), four-corner 10727, composition ⿱⻗亏)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1371, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42212
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1878, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4057, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+96E9

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 雩
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qʰʷla, *ɢʷla) : semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 于 (OC *ɢʷa).

Etymology 1

trad. 雩
simp. # 雩
alternative forms 𩁹
𦏻
𦏴

A 平聲/平声 (píngshēng) noun derived from 雨 (OC *ɢʷaʔ, “to rain”), possibly through back-formation (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 雩
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 羽俱切
Baxter hju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦio/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦuə̆/
Li
Rong
/ɣio/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyu4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 雩
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yú
Middle
Chinese
‹ hju ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ʷ(r)a/
English sacrifice for rain

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 雩
Reading # 2/2
No. 15717
Phonetic
component
于
Rime
group
魚
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
于
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷla/

Definitions

雩

  1. (historical) sacrifice with prayer and dance for rain

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. 雩
simp. # 雩

Preserved in many modern Wu dialects, as well as a few neighbouring Huizhou and Jianghuai Mandarin dialects, as 鱟 (Xiang, 2014).

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Pronunciation


Definitions

雩

  1. (obsolete) rainbow
Synonyms

Etymology 3

trad. 雩
simp. # 雩

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 雩
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 況于切
Baxter xju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/hio/
Shao
Rongfen
/xio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/huə̆/
Li
Rong
/xio/
Wang
Li
/xĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
heoi1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 雩
Reading # 1/2
No. 15693
Phonetic
component
于
Rime
group
魚
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
訏
Old
Chinese
/*qʰʷla/

Definitions

雩

  1. Only used in 雩婁/雩娄 (Yúlóu).

Japanese

Kanji

雩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. offer sacrifice for rain

Readings

  • Go-on: きょ (kyo); こ (ko)
  • Kan-on: う (u); く (ku)
  • Kun: あまごい (amagoi, 雩)

Korean

Hanja

雩 (eum 우 (u))

  1. a shamanistic service to pray for rain

Vietnamese

Han character

雩: Hán Nôm readings: vu

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References

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