宇

Translingual

Han character

宇 (radical 40 宀+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 十一木 (JMD), four-corner 3040₁, composition ⿱宀于)

1. house
2. building, structure
3. eaves
4. universe

Descendants

• う
• ウ

References

• KangXi: page 282, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7067
• Dae Jaweon: page 551, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 911, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5B87

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		宇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǔ (yu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ
    • Wade-Giles: yü³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeu
    • IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵
    • Yale: yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (宇, reconstructed)
Character (宇), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 云 (35) Final: 虞 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 王矩切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦɨoX/	/i̯uX/	/ɣioX/	/ɦioX/	/ɦuə̆X/	/ɣĭuX/	/ɣioX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (宇, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
宇								yǔ								‹ hjuX ›								/*[ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ/								eaves
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
宇					15719					于					魚					0					羽					/*ɢʷaʔ/

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Japanese

Kanji

宇

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• On: う (u)
• Kun: のき (noki), いえ (ie)

Proper noun

宇 (hiragana さかい, romaji Sakai)

1. A female given name

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Korean

Hanja

宇 (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune-Reischauer u)

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Vietnamese

Hán tự

宇 (vũ, võ, thủy)

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