牏

牏 U+724F, 牏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-724F ← 牎 [U+724E] CJK Unified Ideographs 牐 → [U+7250]

Translingual

Han character

牏 (Kangxi radical 91, 片+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中中人一弓 (LLOMN) or 中弓人一弓 (LNOMN), four-corner 2822₁, composition ⿰片俞)

1. privy hole

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 693, character 45
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19868
• Dae Jaweon: page 1107, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2018, character 6
• Unihan data for U+724F

Chinese

trad.		牏
simp. #		牏

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (俞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
褕	*low, *lo
偷	*l̥ʰoː
媮	*l̥ʰoː, *lo
鍮	*l̥ʰoː
緰	*l'oː, *slo
牏	*l'oː, *l'os, *lo
揄	*l'oː, *l'oːʔ, *lu, *lo
窬	*l'oː, *l'oːs, *lo
歈	*l'oː, *lo
俞	*l̥ʰus, *lo
隃	*slo, *hljo, *hljos, *lo
毹	*sro
輸	*hljo, *hljos
鄃	*hljo, *lo
腧	*hljos
逾	*lo
榆	*lo
愉	*lo
渝	*lo
瑜	*lo
蕍	*lo
覦	*lo, *los
蝓	*lo
踰	*lo
崳	*lo
羭	*lo
堬	*lo
瘉	*lo, *loʔ
萮	*lo
騟	*lo
愈	*loʔ
貐	*loʔ
喻	*los
諭	*los

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú, tóu, zhù (yu², tou², zhu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ, ㄊㄡˊ, ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yú
    • Wade–Giles: yü²
    • Yale: yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²
    • Yale: tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tour
    • Palladius: тоу (tou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhù
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴
    • Yale: jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yu, duw, drjuH

Rime
Character	牏	牏	牏
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	定 (7)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	侯 (137)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	III
Fanqie	羊朱切	度侯切	持遇切
Baxter	yu	duw	drjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨo/	/dəu/	/ɖɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/jio/	/dəu/	/ɖioH/
Shao Rongfen	/io/	/dəu/	/ȡioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juə̆/	/dəw/	/ɖuə̆H/
Li Rong	/io/	/du/	/ȡioH/
Wang Li	/jĭu/	/dəu/	/ȡĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯u/	/dʱə̯u/	/ȡʱi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú	tóu	zhù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4	tau4	zyu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'oː/, /*l'os/, /*lo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	牏	牏	牏
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	15835	15845	15872
Phonetic component	俞	俞	俞
Rime group	侯	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	頭	住	逾
Old Chinese	/*l'oː/	/*l'os/	/*lo/

Definitions

牏

1. short board; plank
2. wooden sink

Compounds

• 廁牏／厕牏

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 牏 – see 窬 (“hole in a wall; to bore; to dig out; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 窬).

Japanese

Kanji

牏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ちゅ (chu); じゅ (ju); ゆ (yu); しゅ (shu)