虞

Translingual

Han character

虞 (radical 141 虍+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜心口一大 (YPRMK), 卜心口女大 (YPRVK), four-corner 2128₁, composition ⿸虍呉)

1. concerned about, anxious, worried, fear, danger, risk
2. an ancient people of China, led by Shun
3. their state
4. the capital of the state
5. a Chinese surname, adopted by its rulers and people

References

• KangXi: page 1074, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32723
• Dae Jaweon: page 1543, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2827, character 2
• Unihan data for U+865E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

虞 (Yale yu4)

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Japanese

Kanji

虞 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ぐ (gu)
• Kun: おそれ (osore), うれえる (ureeru), おもんぱかる (omompakaru)

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Korean

Hanja

虞 (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune-Reischauer u, Yale wu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

虞 (pinyin yú (yu2), Wade-Giles yü²)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

虞 (*ngio, ŋü)

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Vietnamese

Han character

虞 (ngu)