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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

It derives from the pictogram of an ancient vase used in making and storing fermented millet liquors. See .

[edit] Han character

(radical 164 +0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一金田一 (MCWM), four-corner 10600)

  1. the tenth sign (rooster) of the Chinese zodiac
  2. a wine vessel
  3. radical 164

[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 1280, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39763
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1778, character 36
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3572, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9149

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(Yale yau5)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

[edit] Readings


[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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


[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

(pinyin yǒu (you3), dīng (ding1), Wade-Giles yu3, ting1)

[edit] Usage notes

Although it remains associated with liquor, the character alone is mostly used as the 10th earthly branch in the Chinese cyclical calendar.


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(dậu, dấu, giấu, giậu)