沋

See also: 游

沋 U+6C8B, 沋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C8B ← 沊 [U+6C8A] CJK Unified Ideographs 沌 → [U+6C8C]

Translingual

Han character

沋 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水戈大山 (EIKU), four-corner 3311₄, composition ⿰氵尤)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 610, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17192
• Dae Jaweon: page 1003, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1561, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6C8B

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
尤	*ɢʷɯ
疣	*ɢʷɯ
肬	*ɢʷɯ
沋	*ɢʷɯ
訧	*ɢʷɯ
忧	*ɢʷɯs
蚘	*ɢʷɯː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷɯ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 尤 (OC *ɢʷɯ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		沋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóu (you²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóu
    • Wade–Giles: yu²
    • Yale: yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: you
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴
    • Yale: yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hjuw

Rime
Character	沋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	羽求切
Baxter	hjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuw/
Li Rong	/ɣiu/
Wang Li	/ɣĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	沋
Reading #	1/1
No.	15506
Phonetic component	尤
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	尤
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯ/

Definitions

沋

1. (～水) name of river in Gaomi, Shandong province
2. used in 沋沋

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02029
• “沋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 沋 – see 游 (“to swim; reach; part of a river; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 游).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 沋 – see 遊 (“to travel; to tour; to wander; to roam; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 遊).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Zhuang

Noun

沋

1. Sawndip form of youz (“oil; fat; grease”)