卣

See also: 㔽

卣 U+5363, 卣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5363 ← 卢 [U+5362] CJK Unified Ideographs 卤 → [U+5364]

Translingual

Han character

卣 (Kangxi radical 25, 卜+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜田尸 (YWS), four-corner 2160₀, composition ⿱⺊囙)

Derived characters

• 逌, 䚃, 𠧠, 𢈞, 𤈴, 𤨗, 𨛕, 𪾏, 𭴭

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 158, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2791
• Dae Jaweon: page 362, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 93, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5363

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pictogram (象形) . The enclosed component is written as 土 in bronze inscriptions but was later corrupted to become 仌 in the small seal script.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		卣
alternative forms		㔽 𠧪

Bronze 卣 (yǒu) from the Spring and Autumn period.

Compare 酉 (OC *luʔ, “alcoholic drink vessel”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒu (you³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iú / iû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒu
    • Wade–Giles: yu³
    • Yale: yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeou
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵
    • Yale: yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú / iû
    • Tâi-lô: iú / iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iuo, iuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁵³/, /iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁵⁵⁴/, /iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁵³/, /iu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu⁵³/, /iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴¹/, /iu²³/

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• Middle Chinese: yuw, yuwX

Rime
Character	卣	卣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	以周切	與久切
Baxter	yuw	yuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨu/	/jɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/jiu/	/jiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/iəu/	/iəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juw/	/juwX/
Li Rong	/iu/	/iuX/
Wang Li	/jĭəu/	/jĭəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯u/	/i̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóu	yǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau4	jau5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lu/, /*luʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	卣	卣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15588	15589
Phonetic component	卣	卣
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	猷	酉
Old Chinese	/*lu/	/*luʔ/

Definitions

卣

1. (historical) an ancient lidded bronze vessel used to store wine offerings during rituals

   • 釐爾圭瓚，秬鬯一卣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     釐尔圭瓒，秬鬯一卣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Lí ěr guī zàn, jù chàng yī yǒu. [Pinyin]

     I give you a large libation cup of jade,
     And a jar of herb-flavoured spirits from the black millet.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (卣):

• → Japanese: 卣(ゆう) (yū); 卣(ゆ) (yu)
• → Korean: 유(卣) (yu)
• → Vietnamese: dữu (卣)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 卣 – see 鹵 (“saline soil; natural salt; etc.”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 鹵).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00274
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B06211-003#34

Japanese

Kanji

卣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. wine vessel used in ancient China

Readings

• On (unclassified): ゆう (yū); ゆ (yu)
• Kun: さけつぼ (saketsubo)

Korean

Hanja

卣 (eumhun 술통 유 (sultong yu))

1. Hanja form^? of 유 (“wine vessel used in ancient China”).

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

卣: Hán Việt readings: dữu (與(dữ)九(cửu)切(thiết))

1. chữ Hán form of dữu (“wine vessel used in ancient China”).