佑

See also: 祐

Translingual

Han character

佑 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人大口 (OKR) or 難人大口 (XOKR), four-corner 2426₀, composition ⿰亻右)

Derived characters

• 㐛, 𫈈, 𫳌, 𭹐

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 507
• Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 131, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4F51

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		佑

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
絠	*kɯːʔ
醢	*qʰɯːʔ
珛	*qʰʷɯs
栯	*ɢʷɯʔ, *qʷɯ
有	*ɢʷɯʔ
友	*ɢʷɯʔ
右	*ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs
宥	*ɢʷɯs
囿	*ɢʷɯs, *ɡʷɯ
侑	*ɢʷɯs
酭	*ɢʷɯs
姷	*ɢʷɯs
又	*ɢʷɯs
佑	*ɢʷɯs
祐	*ɢʷɯs
賄	*qʰʷɯːʔ
蛕	*qʰʷɯːʔ, *ɡʷɯː
烠	*ɡʷɯː
倄	*ɢraːw, *ɢʷɯːʔ
鮪	*ɢʷɯʔ
洧	*ɢʷɯʔ
痏	*ɢʷɯʔ
郁	*qʷɯ
戫	*qʷɯ
哊	*ɡʷɯ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷɯs) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs).

Etymology

Exoactive derivation of 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs, “right”).

“Right” and “left” are metaphors for “to assist” via the following semantic development: “left or right” > “to be on the left or right of a person” > “to assist, to help, to protect”.

Compare the derivation of 佐 (OC *ʔsaːls, “to assist; to help”) from 左 (OC *ʔsaːlʔ, *ʔsaːls, “left”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 佑

1. to assist; to help; to protect

   • 天佑吾民！天佑吾皇！ [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Firmament of the Pleiades

     Tiān yòu wú mín! Tiān yòu wú huáng! [Pinyin]

     God save my people! God save my emperor!

2. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

佑

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: ゆう (yū)^{←いう (iu, historical)}
• Kun: たすける (tasukeru, 佑ける); すけ (suke)

Proper noun

佑(ゆう) • (Yū) 

1. a male given name

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Korean

Hanja

佑 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 佑 (hữu, hựu)

1. to assist; to help