彧

See also: 或

Translingual

Han character

彧 (Kangxi radical 59, 彡+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈大口一 (IKRM), four-corner 5310₀, composition ⿻或⿱丿丿)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 363, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9983
• Dae Jaweon: page 682, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1405, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5F67

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		彧
alternative forms		㦽 𢒰 戫 𢒖 郁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
幗	*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
慖	*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
簂	*kʷɯːɡs
蔮	*kʷɯːɡs
國	*kʷɯːɡ
或	*ɡʷɯːɡ
惑	*ɡʷɯːɡ
蜮	*ɡʷɯːɡ, *ɢʷrɯɡ
閾	*qʰʷrɯɡ
緎	*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
淢	*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
域	*ɢʷrɯɡ
罭	*ɢʷrɯɡ
棫	*ɡʷrɯɡ
琙	*ɡʷrɯɡ
魊	*ɡʷrɯɡ
馘	*kʷrɯːɡ
聝	*kʷrɯːɡ
膕	*kʷrɯːɡ
摑	*kʷrɯːɡ
漍	*kʷrɯːɡ
嘓	*kʷrɯːɡ
蟈	*kʷrɯːɡ
掝	*qʰʷrɯːɡ
彧	*qʷrɯɡ
稶	*qʷɯɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: juk¹
    • Yale: yūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'juwk

Rime
Character	彧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於六切
Baxter	'juwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷrɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	彧
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷək/
English	flourishing
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	彧
Reading #	1/1
No.	5572
Phonetic component	或
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	郁
Old Chinese	/*qʷrɯɡ/
Notes	同說文戫

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 彧

1. cultured; refined
2. luxuriant; exuberant

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Japanese

Kanji

彧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. refined
2. cultured
3. polished

Readings

• On (unclassified): いく (iku)
• Kun: あや (aya)

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Korean

Hanja

彧 • (uk) (hangeul 욱, revised uk, McCune–Reischauer uk, Yale wuk)

1. beautiful coloring, a lovely sheen