嶼

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

See also: 屿

Translingual

Han character

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

See also

• 島
• 嶋
• 嶌
• 屿
• 岛

References

• KangXi: page 321, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8561
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 800, character 21
• Unihan data for U+5DBC

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Chinese

trad.		嶼
simp.		屿

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嶼
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, OC *ljaʔ): semantic 山 + phonetic 與 (OC *la, *laʔ, *las).

Etymology

This character was affected by misreadings, or Youbian dubian.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǔ (yu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶, jyu⁴
• Min Dong (BUC): sê̤ṳ / ê̤ṳ / ṳ̄
• Min Nan (POJ): sū / sǐr / sī / sīr / ú / ír / í
• Wu (Wiktionary): hhy (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ
    • Wade-Giles: yü³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeu
    • IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi⁶, jyu⁴
    • Yale: jeuih, yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶, jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶, yu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɵy̯²²/, /jyː²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sê̤ṳ / ê̤ṳ / ṳ̄
    • IPA ^(key): /søy²⁴²/, /øy²⁴²/, /y³³/

Note: ê̤ṳ/ṳ̄ - misreadings.

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Magong, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū
    • Tâi-lô: sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐr
    • Tâi-lô: sǐr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī
    • Tâi-lô: sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²²/
  • (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.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhy (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦy²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /zɨʌ^X/▼

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
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

• 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

Derived terms

• 島嶼／岛屿 (dǎoyǔ)
• 島嶼防線／岛屿防线
• 嶠嶼／峤屿

• 彭佳嶼／彭佳屿
• 檳榔嶼／槟榔屿 (Bīnláng Yǔ)
• 蘭嶼／兰屿 (Lányǔ)

• 貓嶼／猫屿
• 鼓浪嶼／鼓浪屿

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Japanese

Kanji

嶼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しょ (sho)
• Kun: しま (shima)

Compounds

• 島 (とう)嶼 (しょ) (tōsho)

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Korean

Hanja

嶼 • (seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune-Reischauer sŏ, Yale se)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: dữ, tự

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