有

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 又 (“hand”) + ⺼ (“meat”) – a hand holding meat, hence “in possession of”. The hand shape has been significantly abstracted; compare 右.

Han character

有 (radical 74 月+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大月 (KB), four-corner 4022₇)

1. have, own, possess
2. exist

See also

• 肴

References

• KangXi: page 504, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14332
• Dae Jaweon: page 880, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2041, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6709

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Cantonese

Hanzi

有 (Yale yau5, yau6)

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Japanese

Japanese stroke order

Kanji

有 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. exist
2. get to exist; appear
3. keep; maintain
4. existence; belonging
5. someone did certain thing

Readings

• Go'on: う (u)
• Kan'on: ゆう (yū)
• Kun: ある (aru), もつ (motsu), たもつ (tamotsu)
• Nanori: あり (ari), すみ (sumi), たもつ (tamotsu), とお (tō), とも (tomo), なお (nao), なり (nari), みち (michi), もち (mochi), り (ri)

Compounds

有余 (ゆうよ, yūyo) 有明 (ありあけ, ariake) 有意 (ゆうい, yūi) 有為 (ゆうい, yūi) 有卦 (うけ, uke) 有職 (ゆうしょく, yūshoku) 有識 (ゆうしき, yūshiki) 有象無象 (うぞうむぞう, uzōmuzō) 有益 (ゆうえき, yūeki) 有縁 (ゆうえん, yūen) 有休 (ゆうきゅう, yūkyū) 有窮 (ゆうきゅう, yūkyū) 有功 (ゆうこう, yūkō)

有頂天 (うちょうてん, uchōten) 有徳 (ゆうとく, yūtoku) 有名無実 (ゆうめいむじつ, yūmeimujitsu) 有無 (うむ, umu) 有耶無耶 (うやむや, uyamuya) 有事 (ゆうじ, yūji) 有能 (ゆうのう, yūnō) 有機 (ゆうき, yūki) 有識者 (ゆうしきしゃ, yūshikisha) 有終 (ゆうしゅう, yūshū) 有情 (ゆうじょう, yūjō) 有色 (ゆうしょく, yūshoku) 有身 (ゆうしん, yūshin)

有限 (ゆうげん, yūgen) 有恒 (ゆうこう, yūkō) 有効 (ゆうこう, yūkō) 有司 (ゆうし, yūshi) 有数 (ゆうすう, yūsū) 有職故実 (ゆうそくこじつ, yūsokukojitsu) 有望 (ゆうぼう, yūbō) 有名 (ゆうめい, yūmei) 有徳人 (ゆうとくじん, yūtokujin) 有用 (ゆうよう, yūyō) 有利 (ゆうり, yūri) 有理 (ゆうり, yūri) 有理数 (ゆうりすう, yūrisū)

Derived terms

• 有る (ある, aru)

Proper noun

有 (hiragana なお, romaji Nao)

1. A female given name

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Korean

Hanja

有
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 유 (revised: yu, McCune-Reischauer: yu, Yale: yu)

• Name (hangeul): 있다 (Itta)()

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
有

Pronunciation

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Adjective

有 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yǒu)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) some

Adverb

有 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yòu)

1. (archaic) again

Synonyms

• 又

Antonyms

• 沒 (没), 無 (无), 未, 冇

Conjunction

有 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yòu)

1. (archaic) and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)
   • c. 479 BCE – 221 BCE, anon, Analects of Confucius (論語˙為政)

     吾十有五而志於學，三十而立。

     When I was 10 and 5 years (15 years old), I devoted myself to study. At the age of 30, I established myself (got a job and started a family).

Verb

有 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yǒu)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) to have; to possess
2. (Beginning Mandarin) there is; to exist
   • John 1.1

     太初有道，道与神同在，道就是神。

     Taìchū yǒu Dào, Dào yǔ Shén tóngzaì, Dào jiùshì Shén.

     In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

   • Genesis 1.13

     有晚上，有早晨，是第三日。

     Yǒu wǎnshàng, yǒu zǎochén, shì dì-sān rì.

     And the evening and the morning were the third day.

External links

• Guoyu Cidian (國語辭典) yǒu
• Guoyu Cidian (國語辭典) yòu

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Middle Chinese

Han character

有 (*hiǒu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

有 (hữu, hỡi, hơi)