游

See also: 遊 and 逰

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

游 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水卜尸木 (EYSD), four-corner 3814₇, composition ⿰氵斿)

Derived characters

• 𣛦, 𪆎

Related characters

• 遊 (Variant form of 游 in mainland China)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 635, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17792
• Dae Jaweon: page 1042, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1684, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6E38

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		游
alternative forms		沋 (second-round simplified)

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
游	*lu
遊	*lu
蝣	*lu
斿	*lu

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lu) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 斿 (OC *lu).

Etymplogy 1

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Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 游

1. to swim

   他游得最遠。／他游得最远。  ―  Tā yóu dé zuì yuǎn.  ―  He swam the furthest.

   他們一起游向那艘船。 [MSC, trad.]
   他们一起游向那艘船。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tāmen yīqǐ yóu xiàng nà sōu chuán. [Pinyin]

   Together they swam to the ship.

2. reach; part of a river

   上游  ―  shàngyóu  ―  upper reach, upstream

   下游  ―  xiàyóu  ―  lower reach, downstream

3. a surname

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 游 – see 遊 (“to travel; to tour; to wander; to roam; etc.”). (This character is the 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.

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Japanese

Kanji

游

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to float
2. to swim

Readings

• On (unclassified): ゆう (yū), りゅう (ryū)
• Kun: およぐ (oyogu), あそぶ (asobu), あそび (asobi)
• equivalent: 遊

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Korean

Hanja

游 • (yu) (hangeul 유)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 游 (du)

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