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

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

• 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. A surname​.

Compounds

• 不虞 (bùyú)
• 堪虞 (kānyú)

• 無虞／无虞 (wúyú)
• 爾虞我詐／尔虞我诈 (ěryúwǒzhà)

• 虞美人 (yúměirén)
• 騶虞／驺虞 (zōuyú)

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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

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

虞 (ngu)

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