育

See also: 毓

育 U+2F982, 育 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F982 ← 䏕 [U+2F981] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 脃 → [U+2F983]

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• In Taiwan, the upper component of the character contains ⿻一厶 (3 strokes) while in other regions, the upper component contains ⿱亠厶 (4 strokes).
• In Taiwan, the bottom component of the character contains ⺼ (meat radical) while in other regions, the bottom component contains ⺝ (similar to 月 but with a vertical left stroke).
• The historical Kangxi dictionary records two character forms, ⿳亠厶⺝ (8 strokes) and ⿱⿻一厶⺝ (7 strokes). The alternative form with 7 strokes (page 974, character 10) is based on Zhengzitong which claims that it is the original form (本字 (běnzì)).
• A CJK compatibility ideograph exists at U+2F982 for the alternative Taiwan form which contains ⿱亠厶 (4 strokes) as the upper component and ⺼ as the bottom component.

Han character

育 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+3 in traditional Chinese (Taiwan), 肉+4 in Chinese (mainland China, Hong Kong), Japanese and Korean, 7 strokes in traditional Chinese (Taiwan), 8 strokes in mainland China and Japanese and Korean, cangjie input 卜戈月 (YIB) or 大戈月 (KIB), four-corner 0022₇, composition ⿳亠厶⺝(GHJKV) or ⿱⿻一厶⺼(T) or ⿳亠厶⺼(U+2F982))

Derived characters

• 俼, 唷, 堉, 㛩, 㥔, 𢯡, 淯, 𦝑, 棛, 𣨧, 焴, 㻙, 逳, 𥺞, 䋭, 蜟, 䘻, 𧶰, 𨂔, 𨌯, 𨡚, 𣫺, 錥(𫓾), 𩛭, 𩩣
• 𠾀, 𡡠, 徹, 撤, 澈, 𤢉, 㬚, 𦠣, 㯙, 瞮, 𦅄, 𦔞, 䒆, 𨅊, 轍(辙), 𩍒, 𦚯, 㣃, 𨟝
• 𠃴, 𪟆, 𨛼, 𫆡, 𣣎, 𣪟, 𮌫, 𨿾, 𫆽, 𬛠, 𫇄, 𦱀, 𤀷

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 976, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29318
• Dae Jaweon: page 1427, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2052, character 5
• Unihan data for U+80B2

• Unihan data for U+2F982

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Chinese

trad.		育
simp. #		育

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 育
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
育	*luɡ
毓	*luɡ
棛	*luɡ
錥	*luɡ
焴	*luɡ
淯	*luɡ
蜟	*luɡ
堉	*luɡ
逳	*luɡ
蘛	*luɡ

A later alternative form of 毓 (yù). Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *luɡ) : semantic 𠫓 + phonetic 肉 (OC *njuɡ).

See 毓 (yù) for the earlier glyph.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ / juk¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yuk

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yug⁵

• Northern Min (KCR): ṳ̆
• Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̆k
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): io̍k / io

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iog⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ / juk¹
    • Yale: yuhk / yūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ / juk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ / yug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚²/, /jʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: iug^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯uk̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iug^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uk̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /iʊk̚¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̆k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍k
    • Tâi-lô: io̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /iɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io
    • Tâi-lô: io
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /io⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /io³³/

Note:

• io̍k - literary;
• io - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: iog⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: io̍k
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iok̚⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 育
Mandarin	Beijing	/y⁵¹/
	Harbin	/y⁵³/
	Tianjin	/y⁵³/
	Jinan	/y²¹/
	Qingdao	/y⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/y³¹²/
	Xi'an	/y⁴⁴/
	Xining	/y²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/y¹³/
	Lanzhou	/y¹³/
	Ürümqi	/y²¹³/
	Wuhan	/iəu²¹³/
	Chengdu	/yo³¹/ /y³¹/
	Guiyang	/iu²¹/
	Kunming	/iu³¹/
	Nanjing	/ʐuʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/yəʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/yəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/yʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/yəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦioʔ¹/ /ɦyɪʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/ioʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ɦioʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/j̠ɤu²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/iuʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/iu⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʐəu²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/iəɯ²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/ȵiuʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/iuk̚¹/
	Taoyuan	/ʒɔk̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jok̚²/
	Nanning	/juk̚⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/juk̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/iɔk̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/yʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/y²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/iok̚⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/zok̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yuwk

Rime
Character	育
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	余六切
Baxter	yuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/iuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juwk̚/
Li Rong	/iuk̚/
Wang Li	/jĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-quk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*luɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	育
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ yuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*m-quk/
English	breed, produce
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	育
Reading #	1/1
No.	15984
Phonetic component	育
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	育
Old Chinese	/*luɡ/
Notes	說文肉聲非，實毓右隸變

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 育

1. to give birth to
2. to raise; to bring up; to rear
3. to educate
4. a surname

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yō (yo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yō
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yo
    • Wade–Giles: yo¹
    • Yale: yō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: io
    • Palladius: ё (jo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɔ⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 育

1. Only used in 杭育 (hángyō, “heave-ho”).

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) 育

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 胄 (zhòu, “descendant”).

References

• “育”, 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

育

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. bring up, raise
2. grow

Readings

• Go-on: いく (iku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: いく (iku, Jōyō)
• Kun: そだてる (sodateru, 育てる, Jōyō)、はぐくむ (hagukumu, 育む, Jōyō)、そだつ (sodatsu, 育つ, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 教(きょう)育(いく) (kyōiku): education

Etymology

Kanji in this term
育
いく Grade: 3
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 育 (MC yuwk).

Affix

育(いく) • (iku) 

1. raise; bring up; grow up

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Korean

Hanja

育 • (yuk) (hangeul 육, revised yuk, McCune–Reischauer yuk, Yale yuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 育 (dục)

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