紆

See also: 纡

紆 U+7D06, 紆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D06 ← 紅 [U+7D05] CJK Unified Ideographs 紇 → [U+7D07]

Translingual

Han character

紆 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女火一木 (VFMD), four-corner 2194₀, composition ⿰糹于)

1. bend, turn, twist
2. distort

Derived characters

• 𦀒

Descendants

• 纡

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 916, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27244
• Dae Jaweon: page 1344, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3362, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7D06

Chinese

trad.		紆
simp.		纡

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (于) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
瓠	*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
雩	*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
吁	*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	*qʰʷa, *qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʷa) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 于 (OC *ɢʷa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yū (yu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): u

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yū
    • Zhuyin: ㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yu
    • Wade–Giles: yü¹
    • Yale: yū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu¹
    • Yale: yū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: u
    • Tâi-lô: u
    • Phofsit Daibuun: w
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /u⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /u⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'ju

Rime
Character	紆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	憶俱切
Baxter	'ju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔio/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuə̆/
Li Rong	/ʔio/
Wang Li	/ĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷ(r)a/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷa/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	紆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yū
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔju ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷ(r)a/
English	bent, crooked
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	紆
Reading #	1/1
No.	15700
Phonetic component	于
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	紆
Old Chinese	/*qʷa/

Definitions

紆

1. winding; tortuous; twisting and turning
2. depressed; downcast
3. to entwine; to wind around; to encircle
4. to hang; to wear
5. a surname

Compounds

• 曲折縈紆／曲折萦纡 (qūzhéyíngyū)
• 盤紆／盘纡 (pányū)
• 紆尊降貴／纡尊降贵 (yūzūnjiàngguì)
• 紆徐／纡徐
• 紆曲／纡曲
• 紆朱懷金／纡朱怀金
• 紆行／纡行
• 紆軫／纡轸
• 紆轡／纡辔
• 紆迴／纡回 (yūhuí)
• 紆青拖紫／纡青拖紫
• 紆餘／纡余
• 紆體／纡体
• 紆鬱／纡郁
• 縈紆／萦纡 (yíngyū)
• 降貴紆尊／降贵纡尊
• 鬱紆／郁纡

 

Japanese

Kanji

紆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: う (u)
• Kun: まがる (magaru); めぐる (meguru)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
紆
う Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 紆 (MC 'ju).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝ]

Affix

紆(う) • (u) 

1. roundabout

See also

• 迂(う) (u)

Korean

Hanja

紆 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u, Yale wu)

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