誘

See also 诱

Translingual

simpl.		诱
trad.		誘

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 言 (“word, language”) + phonetic 秀

Han character

誘 (radical 149 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹木尸 (YRHDS), four-corner 0262₇, composition ⿰言秀)

1. persuade, entice, induce
2. guide

References

• KangXi: page 1162, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35525
• Dae Jaweon: page 1627, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3977, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8A98

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Cantonese

Hanzi

誘 (simplified 诱, jyutping jau5, Yale yau5)

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Japanese

Kanji

誘 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ゆう (yū)
• Kun: さそう (sasou), いざなう (izanau)

Compounds

• 誘引
• 誘因
• 誘拐
• 誘進
• 誘然
• 誘致
• 誘導
• 誘発
• 誘兵
• 誘惑

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

誘 (simplified 诱, pinyin yòu (you4), Wade-Giles yu⁴)