淤

See also: 瘀

Translingual

Han character

淤 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水卜尸卜 (EYSY), four-corner 3813₃, composition ⿰氵於)

1. mud, sediment
2. clog up, silt up

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 630, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17665
• Dae Jaweon: page 1033, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1660, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6DE4

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		淤

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
閼	*qran, *qeːn, *qaːd, *qad
菸	*qeːn, *qas
於	*qaː, *qa
淤	*qa, *qas
箊	*qa
唹	*qa
扵	*qa
瘀	*qas
棜	*qas

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yū (yu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu¹ / jyu² / jyu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ir / u / i

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yū
    • Zhuyin: ㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yu
    • Wade–Giles: yü¹
    • Yale: yū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu¹ / jyu² / jyu³
    • Yale: yū / yú / yu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy¹ / jy² / jy³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu¹ / yu² / yu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː⁵⁵/, /jyː³⁵/, /jyː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ir
    • Tâi-lô: ir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: u
    • Tâi-lô: u
    • Phofsit Daibuun: w
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i
    • Tâi-lô: i
    • Phofsit Daibuun: y
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jo, 'joH

Rime
Character	淤	淤
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	央居切	依倨切
Baxter	'jo	'joH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨʌ/	/ʔɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɔ/	/ʔiɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiɔ/	/ʔiɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨə̆/	/ʔɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/ʔiɔ/	/ʔiɔH/
Wang Li	/ĭo/	/ĭoH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯wo/	/ʔi̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yū	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu1	jyu3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qa/, /*qas/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淤	淤
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15811	15817
Phonetic component	於	於
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	於	飫
Old Chinese	/*qa/	/*qas/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

淤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): よ (yo); お (o)
• Kun: どろ (doro)

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Korean

Hanja

淤 (eum 어 (eo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

淤: Hán Nôm readings: ứa

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