窬

Translingual

Han character

窬 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十金人一弓 (JCOMN), four-corner 3022₁, composition ⿱穴俞)

1. hole in a wall

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 867, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25582
• Dae Jaweon: page 1295, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2735, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7AAC

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Chinese

trad.		窬
simp. #		窬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
褕	*low, *lo
偷	*l̥ʰoː
媮	*l̥ʰoː, *lo
鍮	*l̥ʰoː
緰	*l'oː, *slo
牏	*l'oː, *l'os, *lo
揄	*l'oː, *l'oːʔ, *lu, *lo
窬	*l'oː, *l'oːs, *lo
歈	*l'oː, *lo
俞	*l̥ʰus, *lo
隃	*slo, *hljo, *hljos, *lo
毹	*sro
輸	*hljo, *hljos
鄃	*hljo, *lo
腧	*hljos
逾	*lo
榆	*lo
愉	*lo
渝	*lo
瑜	*lo
蕍	*lo
覦	*lo, *los
蝓	*lo
踰	*lo
崳	*lo
羭	*lo
堬	*lo
瘉	*lo, *loʔ
萮	*lo
騟	*lo
愈	*loʔ
貐	*loʔ
喻	*los
諭	*los

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú (yu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ju⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yú
    • Wade–Giles: yü²
    • Yale: yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ju⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ju⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /juː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yu, duw, duwH

Rime
Character	窬	窬	窬
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I	I
Fanqie	羊朱切	度侯切	田候切
Baxter	yu	duw	duwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨo/	/dəu/	/dəuH/
Pan Wuyun	/jio/	/dəu/	/dəuH/
Shao Rongfen	/io/	/dəu/	/dəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juə̆/	/dəw/	/dəwH/
Li Rong	/io/	/du/	/duH/
Wang Li	/jĭu/	/dəu/	/dəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯u/	/dʱə̯u/	/dʱə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú	tóu	dòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4	tau4	dau6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'oː/, /*l'oːs/, /*lo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	窬	窬	窬
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	15837	15840	15864
Phonetic component	俞	俞	俞
Rime group	侯	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	頭		逾
Old Chinese	/*l'oː/	/*l'oːs/	/*lo/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

窬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. small door or window
2. hole in the wall
3. to cut through a wall
4. dig or bore hole

Readings

• On (unclassified): ゆ (yu), とう (tō), ず (zu)
• Kun: くぐりど (kugurido)

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Korean

Hanja

窬 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

1. wickets
2. penetrate