禺

Translingual

Han character

禺 (Kangxi radical 114, 禸+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 田中月戈 (WLBI), four-corner 6042₇, composition ⿻日禸)

Derived characters

偶愚遇寓隅嵎藕

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 848, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24886
Dae Jaweon: page 1269, character 24
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2533, character 4
Unihan data for U+79BA

Chinese

trad.		禺
simp. ^#		禺

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
齵	ŋoː, ŋo
偶	ŋoːʔ, ŋoːs
耦	*ŋoːʔ
藕	*ŋoːʔ
髃	ŋoːʔ, ŋo
蕅	*ŋoːʔ
愚	*ŋo
隅	*ŋo
禺	ŋo, ŋos
湡	*ŋo
堣	*ŋo
嵎	*ŋo
鰅	ŋo, ŋoŋ
鍝	*ŋo
遇	*ŋos
寓	*ŋos
庽	*ŋos
媀	*ŋos
喁	*ŋoŋ
顒	*ŋoŋ

Unclear. Shuowen considers it to be an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 甶 (“head of a ghost”) + 禸 (“to trample”) – a kind of monkey.

In the bronze script, the top of the character resembles the head of a ghost (鬼) and/or a mask (異) and the bottom resembles 禹. Zhang et al. (1996) considers this character differentiated (分化) from 禹 and that the character is a pictogram (象形) of a kind of insect with a decorative mark, similar to the one in 萬 (“scorpion”).

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋaːw (“monkey”); compare Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaaw (“long-tailed / grey monkey”), whence Mizo ngao (“grey monkey”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yú, yù (yu², yu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ, ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yú
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yú
  - Wade–Giles: yü²
  - Yale: yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
  - Palladius: юй (juj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yù
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴
  - Yale: yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
  - Palladius: юй (juj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jyu⁶
  - Yale: yuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²²/

Middle Chinese: ngjuH

Rime
Character	禺
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	牛具切
Baxter	ngjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋio^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋio^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuə̆^H/
Li Rong	/ŋio^H/
Wang Li	/ŋĭu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋos/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	禺
Reading #	2/2
No.	15933
Phonetic component	禺
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	遇
Old Chinese	/*ŋos/

Definitions

禺

^† a kind of large monkey with a long tail and red eyes

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yú (yu²)

(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yú
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yú
  - Wade–Giles: yü²
  - Yale: yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
  - Palladius: юй (juj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴
  - Yale: yùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû
  - Tâi-lô: gû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: guu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³/

Middle Chinese: ngju

Rime
Character	禺
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	虞俱切
Baxter	ngju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋio/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuə̆/
Li Rong	/ŋio/
Wang Li	/ŋĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	禺
Reading #	1/2
No.	15921
Phonetic component	禺
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ŋo/

Definitions

禺

^† area; district
^† time before noon, around 9–11 a.m.
^† Alternative form of 愚 (yú, “foolish”)
(～山) Yu (a mountain in Zhejiang, China)
a surname

Compounds

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ǒu, yú (ou³, yu²)

(Zhuyin): ㄡˇ, ㄩˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ǒu
  - Wade–Giles: ou³
  - Yale: ǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: oou
  - Palladius: оу (ou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yú
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yú
  - Wade–Giles: yü²
  - Yale: yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
  - Palladius: юй (juj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/

Definitions

禺

^† Alternative form of 偶 (ǒu):
1. to match; to be a pair
2. statue; figure

Compounds

木禺

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yóng (yong²)

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yóng
  - Wade–Giles: yung²
  - Yale: yúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yong
  - Palladius: юн (jun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ³⁵/

Definitions

禺

Only used in 禺禺.

References

“禺”, 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

Kanji

禺

(Hyōgai kanji)

long-tailed monkey

Readings

On (unclassified): ぐう (gū)、ぐ (gu)
Kun: おながさる (onagasaru)

Korean

Hanja

禺 • (ong) (hangeul 옹, revised ong, McCune–Reischauer ong, Yale ong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

禺: Hán Nôm readings: ngung, ngu

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