郁

See also: 鬱

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 ⿰有⻏)

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

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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 (Chinese terms with obsolete senses|郁]]) ‡[[Category 𨟝 Used in 馥𨟝 <span class="mention

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 郁

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

Etymology 2

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).

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Japanese

Kanji

郁

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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 (kaguwashī, 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).

Affix

郁(いく) • (iku) 

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

Etymology 2

Proper noun

郁(かおる) or 郁(proper) • (kaoru or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|かおる]]

1. a unisex given name

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. sweet smelling
2. rich in aroma

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Vietnamese

Han character

郁: Hán Nôm readings: hóc

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References

• Nom Foundation