狖

Translingual

Han character

狖 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大竹十金 (KHJC), four-corner 4328₂, composition ⿰犭穴)

1. a gibbon with a long tail and prominent nose

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 709, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20344
• Dae Jaweon: page 1121, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1342, character 1
• Unihan data for U+72D6

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Chinese

trad.		狖
simp. #		狖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
冘	*lu, *lum
抌	*lu, *ʔl'uːmʔ, *loʔ
狖	*lus
貁	*lus
耽	*ʔl'uːm
眈	*ʔl'uːm, *ʔl'uːmʔ, *l'uːm
酖	*ʔl'uːm
妉	*ʔl'uːm
黕	*ʔl'uːmʔ
衴	*ʔl'uːmʔ
瓭	*ʔl'uːmʔ
馾	*ʔl'uːms
髧	*l'uːmʔ
紞	*ʔl'oːmʔ
鈂	*zlum, *l'um
沈	*l'um, *l'ums, *hljumʔ
沉	*l'um
枕	*l'um, *ʔljumʔ, *ʔljums
莐	*l'um
霃	*l'um
鴆	*l'ums
訦	*ɦljum, *ɦljumʔ
忱	*ɦljum
邥	*hljumʔ
魫	*hljumʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòu (you⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòu
    • Wade–Giles: yu⁴
    • Yale: yòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jau⁶
    • Yale: yauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: yuwH

Rime
Character	狖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	余救切
Baxter	yuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/jiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/iəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juwH/
Li Rong	/iuH/
Wang Li	/jĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lus/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	狖
Reading #	1/1
No.	15238
Phonetic component	冘
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	狖
Old Chinese	/*lus/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 狖

1. ^† a kind of monkey that is black with a long tail
2. ^† an animal like a raccoon dog

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Japanese

Kanji

狖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ゆう (yū), ゆ (yu)