盱

Translingual

Han character

盱 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月山一木 (BUMD), four-corner 6104₀, composition ⿰目于)

1. open one’s eyes wide
2. look up at
3. expand

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 799, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23124
• Dae Jaweon: page 1214, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2468, character 16
• Unihan data for U+76F1

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		盱

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
瓠	*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
雩	*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
吁	*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	*qʰʷa, *qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xū (xu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hu / hir / hi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syu
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹
    • Yale: syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: heoi¹
    • Yale: hēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu
    • Tâi-lô: hu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hir
    • Tâi-lô: hir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi
    • Tâi-lô: hi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xju

Rime
Character	盱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	況于切
Baxter	xju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/hio/
Shao Rongfen	/xio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huə̆/
Li Rong	/xio/
Wang Li	/xĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	heoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷa/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盱
Reading #	1/1
No.	15695
Phonetic component	于
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	訏
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷa/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

盱

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. wide open eyes
2. to gaze in astonishment

Readings

• On (unclassified): く (ku), う (u), こ (ko)

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Korean

Hanja

盱 • (u) (hangeul 우)

1. look up
2. stare