幽

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 Descendants 1.2.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): 𢆶 (“‘幺幺’”) + 山

[edit] Han character

幽 (radical 52 幺+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 山女戈戈 (UVII), four-corner 2277₀)

1. quiet, secluded, tranquil
2. dark

[edit] Descendants

• 𧍘

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 342, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9205
• Dae Jaweon: page 651, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1094, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5E7D

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

幽 (Yale yau1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

幽 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: ゆう (yū)
• Kun: くらい (kurai), かすか (kasuka)

[edit] Compounds

• 幽体離脱 (ゆうたいりだつ, yūtairidatsu), “‘out-of-body experience’”)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

幽 (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

幽 (pinyin jī (ji1), yōu (you1), Wade-Giles chi¹, yu¹)