俞

See also: 兪 and 侖

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 兪

Han character

俞 (radical 9 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人一月弓 (OMBN), four-corner 8022₁, composition ⿱亼刖)

1. used as a surname
2. consent, approve

References

• KangXi: page 105, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 703
• Dae Jaweon: page 223, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 155, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4FDE

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		俞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú (yu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Wade-Giles: yü²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (俞, reconstructed)
Character (俞), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 虞 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 羊朱切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jɨo/	/i̯u/	/io/	/jio/	/juə̆/	/jĭu/	/io/
Character (俞), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 徹 (10) Final: 尤 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 丑救切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʈʰɨuH/	/ȶʰi̯ə̯uH/	/ȶʰiuH/	/ʈʰiuH/	/ʈʰuwH/	/ȶʰĭəuH/	/ȶʰiəuH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (俞, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
俞								yú								‹ yu ›								/*lo/								yes, agree; satisfied, at ease
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
俞					15841					俞					幽					1					畜					/*l̥ʰus/
俞					15853					俞					侯					0					逾					/*lo/					金文象以銳器刳木爲舟

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Japanese

Kanji

俞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ゆ (yu)
• Kun: しかり (shikari)

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Korean

Hanja

俞 (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

俞 (dũ)

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References

• Nom Foundation