邑

See also: 阝, 𢀳, and 巴

邑	U+9091, 邑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9091

← 邐
[U+9090]

CJK Unified Ideographs

邒 →
[U+9092]

⾢	U+2FA2, ⾢ KANGXI RADICAL CITY

← ⾡
[U+2FA1]

Kangxi Radicals

⾣ →
[U+2FA3]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Alternative forms[edit]

阝 (when used as a right radical component)

Han character[edit]

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Radical 163 邑

邑 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口日山 (RAU) or 難口日山 (XRAU), four-corner 6071₇, composition ⿱口巴)

Kangxi radical #163, ⾢.
Shuowen Jiezi radical №229

Derived characters[edit]

Appendix:Chinese radical/邑
俋, 唈, 㛕, 悒, 挹, 浥, 𨹝, 𫼷, 𤙝, 𦛞, 𥒵, 𦀕, 𧋾, 𨁲, 𨦺, 𩗥, 䭂, 𦤡, 䱒(𱇰), 𪁗, 𩫩, 𧠅
𢻌, 𮖄, 𠅔, 䓃, 𤕕, 𰻧, 䇼, 𠉲, 𪁨, 裛, 扈, 𤶛, 𪪘

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.		邑
alternative forms		阝 radical

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 邑
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
唈	qɯːb, qrɯb
浥	qrɯːb, qab, *qrɯb
裛	qrab, qab, *qrɯb
俋	*r'ɯb
挹	*qɯb
邑	*qrɯb
悒	*qrɯb

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 囗 (“enclosure; city wall”) + 卪 (“kneeling person”).

Etymology[edit]

Possibly Sino-Tibetan. Schuessler (2007) proposes two possible etymologies:

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *Ɂip (“shelter”), whence also 葺 (OC *ʔsib, *sʰib, *zib, “thatch”);
Related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-jim ~ k-jum (“house”), whence Burmese အိမ် (im), Tibetan ཁྱིམ (khyim).

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jap¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): yip²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yip

(Meixian, Guangdong): yib⁵
Northern Min (KCR): ĭ
Eastern Min (BUC): ék
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ip

(Teochew, Peng'im): ib⁴ / ig⁴
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁷iq
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yì
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴
  - Yale: yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
  - Palladius: и (i)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jap¹
  - Yale: yāp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jap⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeb¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐp̚⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: yip²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jip̚⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yip
  - Hakka Romanization System: ib`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yib⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /ip̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yip
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ib`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yib⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)ip̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yib⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /ip̚¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ék
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛiʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ip
  - Tâi-lô: ip
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ib
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ip̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ip̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ip̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ip̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ip̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ib⁴ / ig⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ip / ik
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ip̚²/, /ik̚²/

Note: ig4 - Chenghai.

Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁷iq
  - MiniDict: ih^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴iq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɪʔ⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²⁴/

Middle Chinese: 'ip

Rime
Character	邑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	侵 (142)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於汲切
Baxter	'ip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjip̚/
Li Rong	/ʔjəp̚/
Wang Li	/ĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jap¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*q(r)[ə]p/

(Zhengzhang): /*qrɯb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	邑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔip ›
Old Chinese	/*q(r)[ə]p/
English	city, town
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	邑
Reading #	1/1
No.	15021
Phonetic component	邑
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	邑
Old Chinese	/*qrɯb/

Definitions[edit]

邑

state; country; nation
capital; capital city
city; town
area; district
Original form of 悒 (yì, “to worry; anxious”).

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

“邑”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

邑

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

capital; capital city
a type of administrative division

Readings[edit]

Go-on: おう (ō)^{←おふ (ofu, historical)}
Kan-on: おう (ō)^{←あふ (afu, historical)}; ゆう (yū)^{←いふ (ifu, historical)}
Kun: くに (kuni, 邑); むら (mura, 邑); うれえる (ureeru, 邑える); さと (sato, 邑)
Nanori: すみ (sumi)

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
邑
ゆう Jinmeiyō
kan’on

Noun[edit]

邑(ゆう) • (yū) ^{←いふ (ifu)^?}

eup (an administrative division in Korea like a town)

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
邑
おおざと Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Radical 163

Wikipedia

Noun[edit]

邑(おおざと) • (ōzato) ^{←おほざと (ofozato)^?}

the "large village" radical, radical 163

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

邑 (eumhun 고을 읍 (go'eul eup))

(geography) Hanja form^? of 읍 (“Town or eup, an administrative division larger and more populous than a "리" (village) but smaller and less populous than a "군" (county) or "시" (city)”).

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

邑: Hán Nôm readings: ấp, óp, ốp, phấp, ọp

chữ Hán form of ấp (“hamlet”).

邑

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