誘

See also: 诱

Translingual

Han character

誘 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹木尸 (YRHDS), four-corner 0262₇, composition ⿰言秀)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1162, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35525
• Dae Jaweon: page 1627, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3977, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8A98

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Chinese

trad.		誘
simp.		诱

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 誘
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
透	*l̥ʰoːs, *hljuɡ
莠	*luʔ
誘	*luʔ
蜏	*luʔ, *slus, *lus
琇	*luʔ, *slus
秀	*slus
銹	*slus

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *luʔ) : semantic 言 (“word, language”) + phonetic 秀 (OC *slus).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòu (you⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòu
    • Wade–Giles: yu⁴
    • Yale: yòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jau⁵
    • Yale: yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú
    • Tâi-lô: iú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iuo
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yuwX

Rime
Character	誘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	與久切
Baxter	yuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/jiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/iəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juwX/
Li Rong	/iuX/
Wang Li	/jĭəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*luʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*luʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	誘
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yòu
Middle Chinese	‹ yuwX ›
Old Chinese	/*luʔ/
English	lead; influence
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	誘
Reading #	1/1
No.	13931
Phonetic component	秀
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	酉
Old Chinese	/*luʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 誘

1. to persuade; to entice; to tempt

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Japanese

Kanji

誘

(Jōyō kanji)

1. persuade, entice, tempt

Readings

• Go-on: ゆ (yu)
• Kan-on: ゆう (yū, Jōyō)
• Kun: さそう (sasou, 誘う, Jōyō); いざなう (izanau, 誘う); おびく (obiku, 誘びく); おびく (obiku, 誘く)

Compounds

• 誘引(ゆういん) (yūin)
• 誘因(ゆういん) (yūin)
• 誘拐(ゆうかい) (yūkai)
• 誘致(ゆうち) (yūchi)
• 誘導(ゆうどう) (yūdō)
• 誘発(ゆうはつ) (yūhatsu)
• 誘惑(ゆうわく) (yūwaku)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

誘: Hán Việt readings: dụ
誘: Nôm readings: dụ, dỗ, dủ, dũ

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