祐

See also: 佑

Translingual

Han character

祐 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈火大口 (IFKR), four-corner 3426₀, composition ⿰礻右(GHTJ) or ⿰示右(K))

Derived characters

• 𭹮

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 841, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24652
• Dae Jaweon: page 1259, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2391, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7950

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		祐

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
絠	*kɯːʔ
醢	*qʰɯːʔ
珛	*qʰʷɯs
栯	*ɢʷɯʔ, *qʷɯ
有	*ɢʷɯʔ
友	*ɢʷɯʔ
右	*ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs
宥	*ɢʷɯs
囿	*ɢʷɯs, *ɡʷɯ
侑	*ɢʷɯs
酭	*ɢʷɯs
姷	*ɢʷɯs
又	*ɢʷɯs
佑	*ɢʷɯs
祐	*ɢʷɯs
賄	*qʰʷɯːʔ
蛕	*qʰʷɯːʔ, *ɡʷɯː
烠	*ɡʷɯː
倄	*ɢraːw, *ɢʷɯːʔ
鮪	*ɢʷɯʔ
洧	*ɢʷɯʔ
痏	*ɢʷɯʔ
郁	*qʷɯ
戫	*qʷɯ
哊	*ɡʷɯ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷɯs) : semantic 礻 (“spirit”) + phonetic 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs).

Etymology

Exoactive of 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs, “right (side)”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòu (you⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iu⁶

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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/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
    • Hakka Romanization System: iu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯u⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iū
    • Tâi-lô: iū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hjuwH

Rime
Character	祐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	于救切
Baxter	hjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuwH/
Li Rong	/ɣiuH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/, /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	祐	祐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yòu	yòu
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuwX ›	‹ hjuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/	/*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s/
English	help, blessing	help, blessing
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	祐
Reading #	1/1
No.	15606
Phonetic component	又
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	宥
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 祐

1. (of divinity) to assist; to bless; to protect
2. to assist

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Japanese

Kanji

祐

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. divine help, divine protection

Readings

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: ゆう (yū)^{←いう (iu, historical)}
• Kun: たすける (tasukeru, 祐ける)
• Nanori: いのり (inori); さち (sachi); すけ (suke); たすく (tasuku); ひろ (hiro); まさ (masa); ます (masu); むら (mura); ゆき (yuki); よし (yoshi)

Compounds

Compounds

• 祐助(ゆうじょ) (yūjo)
• 祐善(ゆうぜん) (Yūzen)
• 祐筆(ゆうひつ) (yūhitsu)
• 神祐(しんゆう) (shin'yū)
• 天祐(てんゆう) (ten'yū)
• 富祐(ふゆう) (fuyū)
• 福祐(ふくゆう) (fukuyū)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
祐
ゆう Jinmeiyō
kan'on

Alternative spelling
祐 (kyūjitai)

*/ɣɨu/ → /jɨu/ → /juː/

From Middle Chinese 祐 (MC hjuwH).

Proper noun

2. a male or female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
祐
Jinmeiyō
irregular

Alternative spelling
祐 (kyūjitai)

Nominalization of classical adjective 広し (hiroshi), modern 広い (hiroi, “vast, wide”).

Proper noun

1. a male given name

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Korean

Hanja

祐 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u, Yale wu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 祐 (hựu, hữu)

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