幼
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Translingual edit
Han character edit
幼 (Kangxi radical 52, 幺+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 女戈大尸 (VIKS), four-corner 24727, composition ⿰幺力)
Derived characters edit
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 342, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9193
- Dae Jaweon: page 650, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1093, character 7
- Unihan data for U+5E7C
Chinese edit
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幼 | |
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| alternative forms | 㓜 | |
Glyph origin edit
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 幺 (“tiny”) + 力 (“strength”). 幺 (OC *qiːw) may also act as a phonetic component.
Pronunciation 1 edit
Definitions edit
幼
- (literary, or in compounds) infant; young child
- (literary, or in compounds) young
- (literary, or in compounds) immature
- † to love; to take care of (the young)
- 老吾老，以及人之老；幼吾幼，以及人之幼。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Lǎo wú lǎo, yǐjí rén zhī lǎo; yòu wú yòu, yǐjí rén zhī yòu. [Pinyin]
- Treat with the kindness due to youth the young in your own family, so that the young in the families of others shall be similarly treated.
(Alternatively: “Respect the elderly in your own family as well as you respect the elderly in other families. Care for your own children as well as you care for others’ children.”)
- (Cantonese, Southern Min) thin; fine (not coarse)
- (Southern Min, of food) tender; soft
- a surname
Synonyms edit
- (infant):
- (young):
- (thin):
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 細 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 細 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 細 |
| Taiwan | 細 | |
| Jinan | 細 | |
| Xi'an | 細 | |
| Wuhan | 細 | |
| Chengdu | 細 | |
| Yangzhou | 細 | |
| Hefei | 細 | |
| Singapore | 細 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幼 |
| Hong Kong | 幼 | |
| Yangjiang | 細, 嫩 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 幼 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 細 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 幼, 細 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 細 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 細 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 杪, 幼 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 幼 |
| Tainan | 幼 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 幼 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 幼 | |
| Chaozhou | 幼, 細 | |
| Wenchang | 幼 | |
| Haikou | 幼 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 細 |
| Wenzhou | 細 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 細 |
| Shuangfeng | 細 | |
- (tender):
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 嫩 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 嫩 |
| Yantai (Muping) | 嫩 | |
| Xi'an | 嫩 | |
| Wuhan | 嫩 | |
| Nanjing | 嫩 | |
| Singapore | 嫩 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嫩 |
| Hong Kong | 嫩 | |
| Dongguan | 嫩 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 嫩 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 嫩 |
| Lichuan | 嫩 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 嫩 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 幼 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 幼 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) | 幼 | |
| Quanzhou | 幼 | |
| Zhangzhou | 幼 | |
| Tainan | 幼 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 幼 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 幼 | |
| Wenchang | 幼 | |
| Haikou | 幼 | |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 嫩 |
| Ningbo | 嫩 | |
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "young"): 老 (lǎo)
Compounds edit
- 低幼兒童／低幼儿童
- 低幼讀物／低幼读物
- 出幼
- 婦幼／妇幼 (fùyòu)
- 嬰幼兒／婴幼儿 (yīngyòu'ér)
- 年幼 (niányòu)
- 年幼無知／年幼无知
- 幼主 (yòuzhǔ)
- 幼兒／幼儿 (yòu'ér)
- 幼兒教育／幼儿教育 (yòu'ér jiàoyù)
- 幼功
- 幼子 (yòuzǐ)
- 幼孤 (yòugū)
- 幼學／幼学
- 幼學壯行／幼学壮行
- 幼學瓊林／幼学琼林
- 幼小 (yòuxiǎo)
- 幼崽 (yòuzǎi)
- 幼年 (yòunián)
- 幼弱 (yòuruò)
- 幼托 (yòutuō)
- 幼教 (yòujiào)
- 幼林
- 幼株
- 幼稚 (yòuzhì)
- 幼稚園／幼稚园 (yòuzhìyuán)
- 幼稚園病／幼稚园病
- 幼稚教育
- 幼稚病 (yòuzhìbìng)
- 幼穉
- 幼童 (yòutóng)
- 幼童軍／幼童军
- 幼艾
- 幼芽 (yòuyá)
- 幼苗 (yòumiáo)
- 幼蟲／幼虫 (yòuchóng)
- 幼風／幼风
- 幼體／幼体 (yòutǐ)
- 幼齒／幼齿 (yòuchǐ)
- 慈幼
- 托幼 (tuōyòu)
- 扶幼週／扶幼周
- 扶老攜幼／扶老携幼 (fúlǎoxiéyòu)
- 攜幼扶老／携幼扶老
- 攜老扶幼／携老扶幼
- 攜老挈幼／携老挈幼
- 敬老慈幼
- 母老子幼
- 男女老幼 (nánnǚlǎoyòu)
- 老幼 (lǎoyòu)
- 老幼咸宜
- 育幼院
- 自幼 (zìyòu)
- 荒幼
- 負老提幼／负老提幼
- 負老攜幼／负老携幼
- 長幼／长幼 (zhǎngyòu)
- 長幼尊卑／长幼尊卑 (zhǎngyòuzūnbēi)
- 長幼有序／长幼有序
Pronunciation 2 edit
Definitions edit
幼
References edit
- “幼”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese edit
Kanji edit
幼
Readings edit
- Go-on: ゆう (yū)←いう (iu, historical)
- Kan-on: ゆう (yū)←いう (iu, historical)
- Kan’yō-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)←えう (eu, historical)
- Kun: おさない (osanai, 幼い, Jōyō)←をさない (wosanai, 幼い, historical); いとけない (itokenai, 幼けない); おさなびる (osanabiru, 幼びる)
- Nanori: わか (waka)
Compounds edit
Compounds
- 幼芽 (yōga, “plumule”)
- 幼孩 (yōgai)
- 幼学 (yōgaku)
- 幼魚 (yōgyo, “young fish”)
- 幼君 (yōkun, “young master”)
- 幼形 (yōkei, “neoteny”)
- 幼孤 (yōko, “young orphan”)
- 幼根 (yōkon, “(botany) radicle”)
- 幼児 (yōji, “infant, toddler”)
- 幼時 (yōji, “childhood, infancy”)
- 幼歯 (yōshi, “baby tooth”)
- 幼者 (yōsha, “young child, infant”)
- 幼弱 (yōjaku, “young and weak”)
- 幼若 (yōjaku, “juvenile”)
- 幼主 (yōshu, “young monarch”)
- 幼獣 (yōjū, “young animal”)
- 幼女 (yōjo, “young girl”)
- 幼少 (yōshō, “very young, infancy”)
- 幼生 (yōsei, “larva”)
- 幼稚 (yōchi, “childish; infantile”)
- 幼冲 (yōchū), 幼沖 (yōchū)
- 幼虫 (yōchū, “larva”)
- 幼鳥 (yōchō, “chick”)
- 幼帝 (yōtei, “young emperor”)
- 幼童 (yōdō, “young child”)
- 幼年 (yōnen, “childhood”)
- 幼保 (yōho)
- 幼木 (yōboku)
- 幼齢林 (yōreirin)
- 幼名 (yōmyō, “childhood name”), 幼名 (yōmei)
- 長幼 (chōyō, “the young and the old”)
- 童幼 (dōyō)
- 老幼 (rōyō, “the young and the old”)
- 幼気 (itaike, “young and sweet”)
Etymology 1 edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 幼 |
| よう Grade: 6 |
| on’yomi |
*/jiɪu/ → /jieu/ → /jeu/ → /joː/
From Middle Chinese 幼 (MC 'jiwH).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Etymology 2 edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 幼 |
| おさな Grade: 6 |
| kun’yomi |
/wosana/ → /osana/
Stem of classical verb 幼し (osanashi),[1][2] modern 幼い (osanai, “childish, infantile”).
Noun edit
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- 幼びる (osanabiru)
- 幼らしい (osanarashii)
- 幼生い (osana oi)
- 幼顔 (osanagao)
- 幼子, 幼児 (osanago)
- 幼心地 (osana-gokochi)
- 幼心 (osana-gokoro)
- 幼立ち (osanadachi)
- 幼妻 (osanazuma)
- 幼友達 (osana tomodachi)
- 幼名 (osanana)
- 幼物語 (osana monogatari)
- 幼等 (osanara)
- 幼なじみ (osananajimi)
Etymology 3 edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 幼 |
| いと Grade: 6 |
| kun’yomi |
Noun edit
Derived terms edit
Prefix edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Korean edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Chinese 幼 (MC 'jiwH).
Recorded as Middle Korean ᅙᅲᇢ〮 (Yale: qyuw) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Recorded as Middle Korean 유〯 (yǔ) (Yale: yu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja edit
Compounds edit
Compounds
References edit
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]
Vietnamese edit
Han character edit
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