郁

See also: 鬱

郁 U+90C1, 郁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90C1 ← 郀 [U+90C0] CJK Unified Ideographs 郂 → [U+90C2]

Translingual

Han character

郁 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+6, 9 strokes, Cangjie input 大月弓中 (KBNL) or 難大月弓中 (XKBNL), four-corner 4722₇, composition ⿰有阝)

Derived characters

• 喐, 𭎺, 𭝣, 𣹙, 𱀢, 㮋, 𭵊, 𩡏, 𦵁

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1270, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39371
• Dae Jaweon: page 1769, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3766, character 5
• Unihan data for U+90C1

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
絠	*kɯːʔ
醢	*qʰɯːʔ
珛	*qʰʷɯs
栯	*ɢʷɯʔ, *qʷɯ
有	*ɢʷɯʔ
友	*ɢʷɯʔ
右	*ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs
宥	*ɢʷɯs
囿	*ɢʷɯs, *ɡʷɯ
侑	*ɢʷɯs
酭	*ɢʷɯs
姷	*ɢʷɯs
又	*ɢʷɯs
佑	*ɢʷɯs
祐	*ɢʷɯs
賄	*qʰʷɯːʔ
蛕	*qʰʷɯːʔ, *ɡʷɯː
烠	*ɡʷɯː
倄	*ɢraːw, *ɢʷɯːʔ
鮪	*ɢʷɯʔ
洧	*ɢʷɯʔ
痏	*ɢʷɯʔ
郁	*qʷɯ
戫	*qʷɯ
哊	*ɡʷɯ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʷɯ): phonetic 有 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ) + semantic 邑.

Etymology 1

trad.		郁
simp. #		郁
alternative forms		𨚼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): iuk
• Northern Min (KCR): ṳ̆
• Eastern Min (BUC): é̤ṳk
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): oeh⁶ / yoeh⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiok / iok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiog⁴

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷ioq / ⁷iuq

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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: juk¹
    • Yale: yūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: iuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: iug^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: iug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯uk̚²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: é̤ṳk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /øyʔ²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: oeh⁶
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: e̤h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /œʔ²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: yoeh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yøʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiok
    • Tâi-lô: hiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiog
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔk̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hiɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iok
    • Tâi-lô: iok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iog
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iɔk̚³²/

Note:

• hiok - vernacular;
• iok - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: hiog⁴
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiok
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiok̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷ioq
    • MiniDict: ioh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴ioq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ioʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ioʔ⁴³/
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷iuq
    • MiniDict: iuih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴yq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /yɪʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /yəʔ⁵⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 郁
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	/ioʔ⁵/ /yɪʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/ioʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ʔyəʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/j̠ɤu²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/iuʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/y⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/y²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/iəɯ²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/iut̚¹/
	Taoyuan	/vut̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jok̚⁵/
	Nanning	/juk̚⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/jok̚⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/hiɔk̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/øyʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/y²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/hiok̚²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/zok̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'juwk

Rime
Character	郁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於六切
Baxter	'juwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	郁
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷək/
English	stately, elegant
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	郁
Reading #	1/1
No.	15615
Phonetic component	又
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	郁
Old Chinese	/*qʷɯ/

Definitions

郁

1. used in 郁夷 (“name of an ancient county in modern-day Shaanxi province”)
2. sweet-smelling; rich in aroma; fragrant
3. alternative form of 彧 (yù, “adorned; elegant; ornate”)
4. alternative form of 薁 (“oriental bush berry”)
5. alternative form of 燠 (“warm”)
6. fruit which lacks a kernel or stone inside
7. a surname

   郁達夫／郁达夫  ―  Yù Dáfū  ―  Yu Dafu (Chinese writer)

Compounds

• 淑郁
• 濃郁 (nóngyù)
• 芬郁 (fēnyù)
• 蓊郁 (wěngyù)
• 蔥蔥郁郁
• 蔥郁
• 郁哉
• 郁李 (yùlǐ)
• 郁樸
• 郁烈
• 郁穆
• 郁郁 (yùyù)
• 郁郁青青
• 郁離子
• 郁馥
• 醇郁
• 醲郁
• 馥郁 (fùyù)
• 鬱郁 (yùyù)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

For pronunciation and definitions of 郁 – see 鬱 (“lush; luxuriant; exuberant; dense; thick; depressed; gloomy; moody; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 鬱).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 郁 – see 喐 (“(Cantonese) to move”). (This character is a variant form of 喐).

Japanese

Kanji

郁

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. culture, cultural progress
2. fragrance, perfume

Readings

• Go-on: いく (iku)^{←ゐく (wiku, historical)}
• Kan-on: いく (iku)^{←ゐく (wiku, historical)}
• Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 郁らか)、かぐわしい (kaguwashii, 郁しい)、さかん (sakan)
• Nanori: あや (aya)、い (i)、か (ka)、かぐわ (kaguwa)、くに (kuni)、かおる (kaoru)、たかし (takashi)、ふみ (fumi)、ゆう (yū)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
郁
いく Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 郁 (MC 'juwk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ikɯ̟]

Affix

郁(いく) • (iku) 

1. fragrant; sweet-smelling
2. cultured; refined

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠o̞ɾɯ̟]
• (Tokyo) かおる [kàórú] (Heiban – [0])

Proper noun

郁(かおる) • (Kaoru) 

1. a unisex given name

Korean

Hanja

郁 • (uk) (hangeul 욱, revised uk, McCune–Reischauer uk, Yale wuk)

1. sweet smelling
2. rich in aroma

Vietnamese

Han character

郁: Hán Nôm readings: hóc

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation