俁

See also: 俣

俁 U+4FC1, 俁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FC1 ← 俀 [U+4FC0] CJK Unified Ideographs 係 → [U+4FC2]

Translingual

Han character

俁 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人口女大 (ORVK), four-corner 2623₄, composition ⿰亻吳)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 104, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 662
• Dae Jaweon: page 220, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 162, character 4
• Unihan data for U+4FC1

Chinese

trad.		俁
simp.		俣
alternative forms		㒁

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 俁
Small seal script s05706
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
吳	*ŋʷaː
蜈	*ŋʷaː
鋘	*ŋʷaː, *ŋʷraː
麌	*ŋʷaː, *ŋʷaʔ
祦	*ŋaː
誤	*ŋʷaːs
悞	*ŋʷaːs
娛	*ŋʷaːs, *ŋʷa
虞	*ŋʷa
澞	*ŋʷa
鸆	*ŋʷa
俁	*ŋʷaʔ
噳	*ŋʷaʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǔ (yu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yü³
    • Yale: yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵
    • Yale: yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjuX

Rime
Character	俁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	虞矩切
Baxter	ngjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋioX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuə̆X/
Li Rong	/ŋioX/
Wang Li	/ŋĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu5

Definitions

俁

1. Only used in 俁俁／俣俣 (yǔyǔ, “of great stature”).

Japanese

Kanji

俁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. big, great

Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kun: おおきい (ōkii, 俁きい)

Korean

Hanja

俁 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u)

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