遊

See also: 游

Translingual

Han character

遊 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜卜尸木 (YYSD), four-corner 3830₄, composition ⿺辶斿)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1261, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38994
• Dae Jaweon: page 1751, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3861, character 2
• Unihan data for U+904A

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Chinese

trad.		遊/游*
simp.		游*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
游	*lu
遊	*lu
蝣	*lu
斿	*lu

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lu) : semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 斿 (OC *lu).

Etymology 1

From Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Tibetan [script needed] (rgyu.ba, “to go, walk, move, wander”), Lepcha yŭ, Rawang yɨ (“to flow”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 遊

1. to travel; to tour

   遊客／游客  ―  yóukè  ―  traveler, tourist

   旅遊／旅游  ―  lǚyóu  ―  trip, travel

2. to wander; to roam

   遊走／游走  ―  yóuzǒu  ―  wandering, to migrate

   遊民／游民  ―  yóumín  ―  vagrant, vagabond

   遊蕩／游荡  ―  yóudàng  ―  to roam about

3. to play

   遊玩／游玩  ―  yóuwán  ―  to play

4. to walk

   遊行／游行  ―  yóuxíng  ―  to march

5. to associate with, to have contact with

   交遊／交游  ―  jiāoyóu  ―  to have friendly relationships

6. to persuade, to convince

   遊說／游说  ―  yóushuì  ―  to persuade

7. to move freely

   遊刃有餘／游刃有余  ―  yóurènyǒuyú  ―  to do something skillfully and easily

8. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 游 (yóu, “to swim”).

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Japanese

Kanji

遊

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. to play

Readings

• Go-on: ゆ (yu, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: ゆう (yū, Jōyō)
• Kun: あそぶ (asobu, 遊ぶ, Jōyō); あそび (asobi, 遊び); すさび (susabi, 遊び)

Compounds

• 遊(ゆう)園(えん)地(ち) (yūenchi): amusement park
• 遊(ゆう)戯(ぎ) (yūgi): play
• 遊(ゆう)泳(えい) (yūei): swimming (free swim, not for athletes)
• 遊(ゆう)廓(かく) (yūkaku): "pleasure quarters" (Yoshiwara et. al.)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 遊 (du)

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