幽

See also 凼

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): 𢆶 (“幺幺”) + 山

Han character

幽 (radical 52 幺+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 山女戈戈 (UVII), four-corner 2277₀)

1. quiet, secluded, tranquil
2. dark

Descendants

• 𧍘

References

• KangXi: page 342, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9205
• Dae Jaweon: page 651, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1094, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5E7D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

幽 (Yale yau1)

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Japanese

Kanji

幽 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ゆう (yū)
• Kun: くらい (kurai), かすか (kasuka)

Compounds

• 幽霊 (ゆうれい, yūrei): a ghost
• 幽体離脱 (ゆうたいりだつ, yūtai ridatsu): out-of-body experience

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Korean

Hanja

幽 (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

幽 (pinyin jī (ji1), yōu (you1), Wade-Giles chi¹, yu¹)

Compounds

• 幽靈 / 幽灵 (jīlíng) a ghost

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Vietnamese

Han character

幽 (u, ù)