右

See also: 石 and 磊

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese stroke order

Etymology

右 is from the combination of the phonetic element 又, semantically a protecting right arm, and 口, which here merely signifies an object. The right hand is traditionally the one used in protecting an object while carrying it.

Han character

右 (radical 30 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 大口 (KR), four-corner 4060₀, composition ⿸𠂇口)

1. right (direction)
2. west
3. right-wing

References

• KangXi: page 173, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3250
• Dae Jaweon: page 385, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 569, character 1
• Unihan data for U+53F3

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		右

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòu (you⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yu
• Min Dong (BUC): iêu
• Min Nan (POJ): iū
• Wu (Wiktionary): hhieu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
    • Wade-Giles: yu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁶
    • Yale: yauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
    • Hakka Romanization System: iu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴
    • IPA: /i̯u⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴
    • IPA: /(j)i̯u⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iêu
    • IPA ^(key): /iɛu²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iū
    • Tâi-lô: iū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhieu (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦiɜ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɨu^X/, /ɦɨu^H/▼

Rime
Character	右	右
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	云久切	于救切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨuX/	/ɦɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiuX/	/ɦiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiəuX/	/ɣiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuwX/	/ɦuwH/
Li Rong	/ɣiuX/	/ɣiuH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭəuX/	/ɣĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯uX/	/i̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǒu	yòu

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/, /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯʔ/, /*ɢʷɯs/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	右	右
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yòu	yòu
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuwX ›	‹ hjuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/	/*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s/ (~ *m-qʷəʔ)
English	right hand	right hand
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	右	右
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15597	15604
Phonetic component	又	又
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	有	宥
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯʔ/	/*ɢʷɯs/

Definitions

右

1. right

   右手  ―  yòushǒu  ―  right hand

2. the right (side)

Antonyms

• 左 (zuǒ, “left”)

References

• (Mandarin) Guoyu Cidian (國語辭典)
• (Hakka) Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• (Hakka) Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

右

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: う (u)
• Kan’on: ゆう (yū)
• Kun: みぎ (migi)

Kanji in this term
右
みぎ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Noun

右 ‎(hiragana みぎ, romaji migi)

1. (direction) the right
2. above statement; foregoing
3. (politics) the right wing; a rightist

Antonyms

• (right): 左 (ひだり) ‎(hidari, “left”)

Derived terms

• 右側 (みぎがわ) ‎(migigawa)
• 右利 (みぎき)き ‎(migikiki)
• 右手 (みぎて) ‎(migite)
• 右左 (みぎひだり) ‎(migihidari)
• 右上 (みぎうえ) ‎(migiue)
• 右下 (みぎした) ‎(migishita)
• 右 (みぎ)に同 (おな)じ ‎(migi ni onaji): ditto, same for me

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Korean

Hanja

右 • ‎(u)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 우 (McCune-Reischauer: u)

• Name (hangeul): 오른쪽()

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Vietnamese

Han character

右 (hữu)

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