嶼

See also: 㠘, 屿, 島, 嶋, and 嶌

嶼 U+5DBC, 嶼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DBC ← 嶻 [U+5DBB] CJK Unified Ideographs 嶽 → [U+5DBD]

Translingual

Japanese	屿
Simplified	屿
Traditional	嶼

Han character

嶼 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 山竹難金 (UHXC), four-corner 2778₁, composition ⿰山與)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 321, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8561
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 800, character 21
• Unihan data for U+5DBC

Chinese

trad.		嶼
simp.		屿
alternative forms		㠘／𱛇

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嶼
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
攑	*kʰlan
藇	*sla, *ljaʔ, *la, *laʔ, *las
嶼	*ljaʔ
鱮	*ljaʔ
舉	*klaʔ
櫸	*klaʔ
舁	*la
與	*la, *laʔ, *las
輿	*la, *las
旟	*la
璵	*la
歟	*la, *laʔ, *las
譽	*la, *las
嬩	*la
擧	*la
鸒	*la, *las
礜	*las
穥	*las

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljaʔ) : semantic 山 + phonetic 與 (OC *la, *laʔ, *las).

Etymology

This character was affected by misreadings, or Youbian dubian.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yǔ, xù (yu³, xu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ, ㄒㄩˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yu³

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zeoi⁶, jyu⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): dui⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yí

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yi³

• Eastern Min (BUC): sê̤ṳ / ê̤ṳ / ṳ̄
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sū / sǐr / sī / sīr / ú / ír / í

  (Teochew, Peng'im): se⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶yu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yü³
    • Yale: yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syù
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴
    • Yale: syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yu³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: y
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi⁶, jyu⁴
    • Yale: jeuih, yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶, jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶, yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯²²/, /jyː²¹/

Note: jyu4 - chiefly only used in 大嶼山.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: dui⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tui³²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yí
    • Hakka Romanization System: i`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yí
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)i`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yi³
    • Sinological IPA: /i³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sê̤ṳ / ê̤ṳ / ṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /søy²⁴²/, /øy²⁴²/, /y³³/

Note: ê̤ṳ/ṳ̄ - misreadings.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Magong, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū
    • Tâi-lô: sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐr
    • Tâi-lô: sǐr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ²²/
    • IPA (Lukang): /sɨ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī
    • Tâi-lô: sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si
    • IPA (Yilan, Tainan): /si³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr
    • Tâi-lô: sīr
    • IPA (Kinmen): /sɯ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ú
    • Tâi-lô: ú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ír
    • Tâi-lô: ír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í
    • Tâi-lô: í
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³/

Note:

• sū/sǐr/sī/sīr - vernacular;
• ú/ír/í - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: se⁶
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ̆
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶yu
    • MiniDict: yu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦy²³/

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• Middle Chinese: zjoX

Rime
Character	嶼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	徐吕切
Baxter	zjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ziɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ziɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ziɔX/
Wang Li	/zĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嶼
Reading #	1/1
No.	15885
Phonetic component	舁
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ljaʔ/
Notes	見曹操賦

Definitions

嶼

1. island; islet

   基隆嶼／基隆屿  ―  Jīlóngyǔ  ―  Keelung Islet

Usage notes

Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation xù.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 島 (“island”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		島, 島嶼
Mandarin	Beijing	島
	Taiwan	島
	Tianjin	島
	Chengde	島
	Tangshan	島, 海島
	Cangzhou	島
	Baoding	島
	Shijiazhuang	島
	Chifeng	島
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	島
	Heihe	島, 島子
	Qiqihar	島子
	Harbin	島
	Jiamusi	島
	Baicheng	島
	Changchun	島子
	Tonghua	島
	Shenyang	島
	Dandong	島
	Jinzhou	島, 島子
	Dalian	島子
	Yantai	島
	Qingdao	島子
	Lijin	島子
	Zhucheng	島子
	Jinan	島
	Jining	島
	Shangqiu	島
	Yuanyang	島
	Zhengzhou	島
	Lingbao	島
	Xinyang	島
	Baihe	島
	Hanzhong	島
	Xi'an	島
	Baoji	島
	Yinchuan	島
	Tianshui	島
	Lanzhou	島
	Dunhuang	島, 島嶼
	Xining	島
	Hami	島
	Ürümqi	島
	Wuhan	島
	Yichang	島
	Xiangyang	島
	Tianmen	島, 島子
	Hong'an	島
	Chengdu	島子
	Nanchong	島
	Dazhou	島
	Hanyuan	島
	Xichang	島子
	Zigong	島
	Chongqing	島
	Guiyang	島
	Zunyi	島
	Bijie	島
	Liping	島
	Zhaotong	島
	Dali	島
	Kunming	島
	Mengzi	島
	Guilin	島
Liuzhou	島
Jishou	島
Changde	島
Anqing	島
Xuzhou	島
Fuyang	島
Wuhu	島
Yangzhou	島
Lianyungang	島
Lianshui	島
Nanjing	島
Hefei	島
Nantong	島
Cantonese	Hong Kong	島
	Taishan	島
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	島
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	島
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	島
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	島
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	島
Huizhou	Shexian	島
Jin	Taiyuan	島
	Yangyuan	島
	Datong	島
	Xinzhou	島
	Lishi	島
	Linfen	島
	Changzhi	島
	Linhe	島
	Jining	島
	Hohhot	島
	Erenhot	島嶼
	Pingshan	島
	Zhangjiakou	島
	Handan	島
	Linzhou	島
	Suide	島
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	島, 嶼
Wu	Shanghai	島
	Hangzhou	島

Compounds

• 北門嶼／北门屿
• 基隆嶼／基隆屿 (Jīlóngyǔ)
• 大嶼／大屿
• 大嶼山／大屿山 (Dàyǔ Shān)
• 島嶼／岛屿 (dǎoyǔ)
• 島嶼防線／岛屿防线
• 嶠嶼／峤屿
• 嶼頭／屿头 (Yǔtóu)
• 彭佳嶼／彭佳屿 (Péngjiāyǔ)
• 棉花嶼／棉花屿 (Miánhuāyǔ)
• 檳榔嶼／槟榔屿 (bīngláng Yǔ)
• 浯嶼／浯屿 (Wúyǔ)
• 烈嶼／烈屿 (Lièyǔ)
• 秀嶼／秀屿 (Xiùyǔ, “Xiuyu”)
• 紅頭嶼／红头屿 (Hóngtóuyǔ)
• 花嶼／花屿 (Huāyǔ)
• 花瓶嶼／花瓶屿 (Huāpíngyǔ)
• 蘭嶼／兰屿 (Lányǔ)
• 西嶼／西屿 (Xīyǔ)
• 貓嶼／猫屿
• 貴嶼／贵屿 (Guìyǔ)
• 鰲嶼／鳌屿 (Áoyǔ)
• 鳥嶼／鸟屿 (Niǎoyǔ)
• 鼓浪嶼／鼓浪屿 (Gǔlàngyǔ)

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	屿
Kyūjitai	嶼

Kanji

嶼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 屿)

1. island

Readings

• Go-on: じょ (jo)
• Kan-on: しょ (sho)
• Kun: しま (shima, 嶼)

Compounds

• 島嶼(とうしょ) (tōsho)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 嶼 (MC zjoX). Recorded as Middle Korean 셔〯 (syě) (Yale: syě) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [서]

Hanja

Wikisource

嶼 (eumhun 섬 서 (seom seo))

1. Hanja form^? of 서 (“island”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 도서 (島嶼, doseo)

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

嶼: Hán Nôm readings: dữ, tự

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