遊

See also 游

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 斿

Han character

遊 (radical 162 辵+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜卜尸木 (YYSD), four-corner 3830₄, composition ⿺辶斿)

1. wander, roam, travel

References

• KangXi: page 1261, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38994
• Dae Jaweon: page 1751, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3861, character 2
• Unihan data for U+904A

---

Cantonese

Hanzi

遊 (simplified 游, Yale yau4)

---

Japanese

Kanji

遊 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ゆう (yū), ゆ (yu)
• Kun: あそぶ (遊ぶ, asobu), あそび (遊び, asobi), すさび (susabi)

Compounds

• 遊園地 (ゆうえんち, yūenchi): amusement park
• 遊戯 (ゆうぎ, yūgi): play
• 遊泳 (ゆうえい, yūei): swimming (free swim, not for athlete)

---

Korean

Hanja

遊 (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

---

Mandarin

Hanzi

遊 (simplified 游, pinyin guō (guo1), guo (guo5), huò (huo4), yóu (you2), Wade-Giles kuo¹, kuo⁵, huo⁴, yu²)

---

Vietnamese

Han character

遊 (du)