臾

Translingual

Han character

臾 (radical 134 臼+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹X人 (HXO), four-corner 7723₇)

1. moment, instant, short while

References

• KangXi: page 1003, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30178
• Dae Jaweon: page 1459, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3037, character 4
• Unihan data for U+81FE

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		臾

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 (臾, reconstructed)
Character (臾), 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 (臾), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 群 (30) Final: 脂 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 求位切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɡiuɪH/	/gwiH/	/ɡuiH/	/ɡʷiH/	/gwiH/	/ɡwiH/	/ɡjuɪH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (臾, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
臾								yú								‹ yu ›								/*[ɢ](r)o/								pull, drag
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
臾					4735					貴					隊					2					匱					/*ɡruds/					古文蕢
臾					15823					臾					侯					0					逾					/*lo/

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Japanese

Kanji

臾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ゆ (yu), よう (yō), き (ki)
• Kun: くぼみ (kubomi), すすめる (susumeru), あじか (ajika)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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