虞

虞 U+865E, 虞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-865E ← 虝 [U+865D] CJK Unified Ideographs 號 → [U+865F]

Translingual

Han character

虞 (radical 141, 虍+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜心口一大 (YPRMK) or 卜心口女大 (YPRVK), four-corner 2128₁, composition ⿸虍吳(HTK) or ⿸虍呉(J) or ⿸虍吴(GV))

Derived characters

• 噳, 澞, 𡑾, 𡢢, 𪝭, 𪩽, 𦾚, 𥵂, 𩦢, 鸆, 𪋬

References

• KangXi: page 1074, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32723
• Dae Jaweon: page 1543, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2827, character 2
• Unihan data for U+865E

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Chinese

trad.		虞
simp.		虞
alternative forms		𠈌 (ancient form) 𩦢 partial 𮓥 (historical variant)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 虞
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

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

	Old Chinese
鋘	*ŋʷaː, *ŋʷraː
麌	*ŋʷaː, *ŋʷaʔ
祦	*ŋaː
誤	*ŋʷaːs
悞	*ŋʷaːs
娛	*ŋʷaːs, *ŋʷa
虞	*ŋʷa
澞	*ŋʷa
鸆	*ŋʷa
俣	*ŋʷaʔ
噳	*ŋʷaʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú (yu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): gû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngo⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Wade–Giles: yü2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû
    • Tâi-lô: gû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: guu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngo⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋɨo/

Rime
Character	虞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	虞俱切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋio/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuə̆/
Li Rong	/ŋio/
Wang Li	/ŋĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ]ʷ(r)a/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋʷa/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	虞	虞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yú	yú
Middle Chinese	‹ ngju ›	‹ ngju ›
Old Chinese	/*[ŋ]ʷ(r)a/	/*[ŋ]ʷ(r)a/
English	foresee	gamester; forester
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	虞
Reading #	1/1
No.	13103
Phonetic component	吴
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ŋʷa/

Definitions

虞

1. a legendary large fearsome beast, also known as the 騶虞
2. an ancient officer in charge of managing forests and hunting grounds, also known as a 虞人
3. doubt, guess, suspect
4. concerned about, anxious, worried
5. fear, danger, risk
6. to deceive
7. an ancient people of China, led by Shun
8. their state
9. the capital of the state
10. (telegraphy) the seventh day of a month
11. A surname​.

Compounds

• 不虞 (bùyú)
• 不虞之譽／不虞之誉 (bùyúzhīyù)
• 不虞之隙
• 不虞匱乏／不虞匮乏
• 即鹿無虞／即鹿无虞
• 吉慶無虞／吉庆无虞
• 唐虞 (Táng-Yú)
• 堪虞 (kānyú)
• 後果堪虞／后果堪虞
• 後顧之虞／后顾之虞
• 憂虞／忧虞
• 暮虢朝虞
• 有虞氏

• 歐虞體／欧虞体
• 永保無虞／永保无虞
• 泣別虞姬／泣别虞姬
• 火虞
• 無虞／无虞 (wúyú)
• 爾虞我詐／尔虞我诈 (ěryúwǒzhà)
• 爾詐我虞／尔诈我虞
• 疏虞
• 自虞
• 艱虞／艰虞
• 虞人
• 虞候
• 虞姬

• 虞山
• 虞山派
• 虞歌決別／虞歌决别
• 虞淵／虞渊
• 虞犯少年
• 虞祭
• 虞美人 (yúměirén)
• 虞舜
• 虞芮之訟／虞芮之讼
• 虢滅虞亡／虢灭虞亡
• 騶虞／驺虞 (zōuyú)
• 高枕不虞
• 高枕無虞／高枕无虞

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Japanese

Kanji

虞

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぐ (gu)
• Kun: おそれ (osore, 虞, Jōyō); うれえる (ureeru, 虞える); おもんぱかる (omonpakaru, 虞る)

Noun

虞(おそれ) • (osore) 

1. Alternative form of 恐れ

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 虞 (MC ŋɨo).

Historical readings
Recorded as Middle Korean ᅌᅮᆼ (Yale: ngwu) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. Recorded as Middle Korean 우 (Yale: wu) in Gwangju Cheonjamun (光州千字文 / 광주천자문), 1575.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [u]
• Phonetic hangeul: [우]

Hanja

Wikisource

虞 (eumhun 염려할 우 (yeomnyeohal u))

1. Hanja form^? of 우 (“to worry”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 우범 (虞犯, ubeom)
• 불우 (不虞, buru)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

虞: Hán Nôm readings: ngu

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