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U+5C24, 尤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C24

[U+5C23]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5C25]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

(Kangxi radical 43, +1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 戈大山 (IKU), four-corner 43010, composition)

Derived charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 298, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7543
  • Dae Jaweon: page 593, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 551, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+5C24

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.

Glyph originEdit

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

Pictogram (象形) – hand with a wart. Original form of and .

EtymologyEdit

Sino-Tibetan; compare Tibetan [script needed] (yus, blame, charge, accusation).

PronunciationEdit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (35)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦuw/
Li
Rong
/ɣiu/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jau4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yóu
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ʷə/
English fault; even more

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 15503
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷɯ/
Notes

DefinitionsEdit

  1. fault; flaw
  2. to fault; to blame
      ―  xiàoyóu  ―  to follow bad examples (literally, "to imitate the blameworthy")
  3. (literary) strange; special; outstanding
  4. (literary) especially; particularly; even more
  5. a surname

CompoundsEdit

ReferencesEdit

JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. reasonable
  2. just
  3. natural
  4. superb
  5. outstanding
  6. plausible

ReadingsEdit

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

(u) (hangeul , revised u, McCune–Reischauer u)

  1. especially, particularly

VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

: Hán Nôm readings: vưu

  1. (Rare) A Vietnamese surname