繇

Translingual

Han character

繇 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月山竹女火 (BUHVF), four-corner 2279₃, composition ⿰䍃系)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 937, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27856
• Dae Jaweon: page 1377, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3446, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7E47

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Chinese

trad.		繇
simp. #		繇

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
繇	*lɯːw, *l'ɯws, *lɯw
蘨	*lɯːw, *lɯw
櫾	*lɯw, *lɯws

Derived from 䌛. Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lɯːw, *l'ɯws, *lɯw) : phonetic 䍃 () + semantic 系.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáo (yao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴ / jau⁴ / zau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
    • Wade–Giles: yao²
    • Yale: yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴ / jau⁴ / zau⁶
    • Yale: yìuh / yàuh / jauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴ / jau⁴ / dzau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴ / yeo⁴ / zeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹/, /jɐu̯²¹/, /t͡sɐu̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: yew, yuw, drjuwH

Rime
Character	繇	繇	繇
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	以 (36)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	餘昭切	以周切	直祐切
Baxter	yew	yuw	drjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇu/	/jɨu/	/ɖɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛu/	/jiu/	/ɖiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/jæu/	/iəu/	/ȡiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaw/	/juw/	/ɖuwH/
Li Rong	/iɛu/	/iu/	/ȡiuH/
Wang Li	/jĭɛu/	/jĭəu/	/ȡĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛu/	/i̯ə̯u/	/ȡʱi̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo	yóu	zhòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu4	jau4	zau6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lɯːw/, /*l'ɯws/, /*lɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繇	繇	繇
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	14721	14723	14725
Phonetic component	繇	繇	繇
Rime group	幽	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	遙	胄	猷
Old Chinese	/*lɯːw/	/*l'ɯws/	/*lɯw/
Notes			曾憲通說金文象鼬初文

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 繇

1. (literary) Same as 徭 (yáo).
2. (literary) Same as 謠／谣 (yáo).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóu (you²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóu
    • Wade–Giles: yu²
    • Yale: yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: you
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 繇

1. (literary) Same as 由 (yóu).

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòu (zhou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòu
    • Wade–Giles: chou⁴
    • Yale: jòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
    • Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 繇

1. words used in fortune telling

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03450
• “繇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

繇

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. reason
2. cause

Readings

• On (unclassified): よう (yō); ゆう (yū); ゆ (yu); ちゅう (chū); じゅ (ju)
• Kun: したがう (shitagau)

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Korean

Hanja

繇 (eum 요 (yo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

繇: Hán Nôm readings: diêu

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