郁郁

See also: 鬱鬱 and 鬱郁

Chinese

Etymology 1

		surname; elegant	surname; elegant
trad. (郁郁)		郁	郁
simp. #(郁郁)		郁	郁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk¹ juk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùyù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-yü⁴
    • Yale: yù-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhyuh
    • Palladius: юйюй (jujjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk¹ juk¹
    • Yale: yūk yūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁷ juk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug¹ yug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚⁵ jʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'juwk 'juwk

Rime
Character	郁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	東 (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/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷək  qʷək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷɯ  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/

Adjective

郁郁

1. (literary) elegant; refined (of writing, culture, civilization, etc.)

   • 子曰：「周監於二代，郁郁乎文哉！吾從周。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「周监于二代，郁郁乎文哉！吾从周。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐyuē: “Zhōu jiàn yú èrdài, yùyù hū wén zāi! Wú cóng Zhōu.” [Pinyin]

     The Master said, "Zhou had the advantage of viewing the two past dynasties. How complete and elegant are its regulations! I follow Zhou."

2. (literary) fragrant; sweet-smelling

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 郁郁 – see 鬱鬱 (“lush; luxuriant; depressed; melancholic”). (This term is the simplified and variant traditional form of 鬱鬱).

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 郁郁 – see 鬱郁 (“fragrance; coiled; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 鬱郁).

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