舀

See also: 𱬹

舀 U+8200, 舀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8200 ← 臿 [U+81FF] CJK Unified Ideographs 舁 → [U+8201]

Translingual

Han character

舀 (Kangxi radical 134, 臼+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月竹難 (BHX), four-corner 2077₇, composition ⿱爫臼)

Derived characters

• 㗖, 塪, 嫍, 幍, 慆, 搯, 滔, 䧟, 槄, 熖, 瑫, 稻, 縚(𬘺), 謟(𰵽), 蹈, 轁(𮷝), 䤾, 鞱, 韜(韬), 饀(𬳊), 䵚, 蓞, 䈱

Additional Derived Characters

• 𠋯, 𡺫, 𭧏, 𰗋, 𥛗, 𥉰, 𥔿, 𲀾, 𮇷, 𦗌, 𦩹, 𨢝, 𠮐, 𭑁, 𭗧, 𩥅(𱅣), 𭻷, 𩹴, 𬚁
• 𠞞, 𰙗, 𪹗, 𦦌, 𦦨, 𮨚, 𩥓, 𪅎, 𡩹, 𥧹, 𨶒, 𤔥, 𤨐, 𤔱, 𤕄, 𠚘, 𠚜, 𠚡, 𦦪, 𠥒, 𠥪, 𬀖

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1003, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30183
• Dae Jaweon: page 1460, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3038, character 14
• Unihan data for U+8200

Chinese

simp. and trad.		舀
2nd round simp.		⿱⺈曰
alternative forms		𦥝 𤔘 抌 抭 㧒 𦥝 𤔘 抌 抭 㧒 𦥟 𦥞 𦥨 𥦶 𦥵 𦦌

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 舀
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
滔	*l̥ʰuː
韜	*l̥ʰuː
縚	*l̥ʰuː
謟	*l̥ʰuː
慆	*l̥ʰuː
幍	*l̥ʰuː
槄	*l̥ʰuː, *l̥ʰuːʔ
搯	*l̥ʰuː
瑫	*l̥ʰuː
稻	*l'uːʔ
蹈	*l'uːs
舀	*lowʔ, *lu, *lo

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 爪 (“hand”) + 臼 (“mortar, vessel”).

Etymology

Related to 揄 (OC *l'oː, *l'oːʔ, *lu, *lo, “to scoop out”) (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Mizo lâwk, lawh (“to scoop up; to shovel up”), Mon ဂၠံက် (“to scoop up; to scoop out”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yǎo (yao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yao³

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jiu⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yiau²

• Gan (Wiktionary): ieu³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yéu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yau³

• Jin (Wiktionary): iau²
• Northern Min (KCR): iǎu
• Eastern Min (BUC): iēu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ió / iúⁿ / ióⁿ / iáuⁿ / iáu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): io²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): iau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yao³
    • Yale: yǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeau
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yao³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jiu⁵
    • Yale: yíuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yiau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiau⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ieu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛu²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yéu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ieu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu³
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯eu̯³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yéu
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ieu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯eu̯³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yau³
    • Sinological IPA: /iau³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: iau²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /iau⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iǎu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iēu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ió
    • Tâi-lô: ió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /io⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /io⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /io⁵⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Yilan, Kinmen): /iũ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: vioir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Tainan): /iɔ̃⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iáuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iáunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viao
    • IPA (Penang): /iãu⁴⁴⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iáu
    • Tâi-lô: iáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iao
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

• ió/iúⁿ/ióⁿ/iáuⁿ - vernacular;
• iáu - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: io²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ió
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /io⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yau
    • MiniDict: yau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɔ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: iau³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯ɒu̯⁴¹/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 舀
Mandarin	Beijing	/iɑu²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/iau²¹³/
	Tianjin	/iɑu¹³/
	Jinan	/iɔ⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/iɔ⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/iau⁵³/
	Xi'an	/iau⁵³/
	Xining	/iɔ⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/iɔ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/iɔ⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/iɔ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/iau⁴²/
	Chengdu	/iau⁵³/
	Guiyang	/iao⁴²/
	Kunming	/iɔ⁵³/
	Nanjing	/iɔo²¹²/
	Hefei	/iɔ²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/iau⁵³/
	Pingyao	/iɔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/iɔ⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦiɔ²³/
	Suzhou	/ɦiæ³¹/
	Hangzhou	/ʔiɔ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/ji̠ɛ³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/iɔ³⁵/
	Tunxi	/io²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/iau⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/iaɯ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/iɛu²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/iau³¹/
	Taoyuan	/ieu³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jiu²³/
	Nanning	/jiu²⁴/
	Hong Kong	/jiu¹³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/iau⁵³/ /io⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/ieu³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/iau²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/io⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ʔdiu²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: yu, yuw, yewX

Rime
Character	舀	舀	舀
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	以 (36)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	尤 (136)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	羊朱切	以周切	以沼切
Baxter	yu	yuw	yewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨo/	/jɨu/	/jiᴇuX/
Pan Wuyun	/jio/	/jiu/	/jiɛuX/
Shao Rongfen	/io/	/iəu/	/jæuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juə̆/	/juw/	/jiawX/
Li Rong	/io/	/iu/	/iɛuX/
Wang Li	/jĭu/	/jĭəu/	/jĭɛuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯u/	/i̯ə̯u/	/i̯ɛuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú	yóu	yǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4	jau4	jiu5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lowʔ/, /*lu/, /*lo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	舀	舀	舀
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	14743	14744	14745
Phonetic component	舀	舀	舀
Rime group	宵	幽	侯
Rime subdivision	3	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	鷕	猷	逾
Old Chinese	/*lowʔ/	/*lu/	/*lo/
Notes		同揄

Definitions

舀

1. to scoop; to ladle

   棒打麅子瓢舀魚，野雞飛進飯鍋裏 [MSC, trad.]
   棒打狍子瓢舀鱼，野鸡飞进饭锅里 [MSC, simp.]

   bàng dǎ páozi piáo yǎo yú, yějī fēijìn fànguō lǐ [Pinyin]

   With an arbitrary swing of a club, a roe deer may get knocked down; fish can be ladled straight from the river. Frightened pheasants even sometimes fly into the wok while scurrying away. (a proverb depicting superior and plentiful natural resources)

Synonyms

• (to scoop):
  • (Mandarin) 𢱉 (wǎi), 擓 / 㧟 (kuǎi)
  • (Cantonese) 𢳂／𫼣 (bat1)
  • (Min Nan) 搭 (tah)

Compounds

• 水舀子
• 舀兒 / 舀儿
• 舀子 (yǎozi)
• 舀水瓢

References

• “舀”, 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–
• (Min Nan) “舀”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𱬹 (𱬹)
Print standard	舀

Kanji

舀

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𱬹)

1. dip
2. ladle

Readings

• On (unclassified): よう (yō)
• Kun: くむ (kumu)

Korean

Hanja

舀 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)

1. ladle out
2. spoon out

Vietnamese

Han character

舀: Hán Nôm readings: yểu, ửu

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References

• Nom Foundation