黝

Translingual

Han character

黝 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+5, 17 strokes, cangjie input 田火女戈尸 (WFVIS), four-corner 6432₇, composition ⿰黑幼)

1. black

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1519, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48082
• Dae Jaweon: page 2053, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4748, character 2
• Unihan data for U+9EDD

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Chinese

trad.		黝
simp. #		黝

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
黝	*qliw, *qrɯwʔ
坳	*qrɯːw, *qrɯːws
軪	*qrɯːw, *qrɯːws
眑	*qrɯːw, *qrɯwʔ
拗	*qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws
鴢	*qrɯːwʔ, *qɯːwʔ
靿	*qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws
狕	*qrɯːwʔ
袎	*qrɯːws
怮	*qɯːw, *qrɯw, *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ
窈	*qiːwʔ
苭	*qɯːwʔ
泑	*qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ
呦	*qrɯw
蚴	*qrɯwʔ
幼	*qrɯws

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒu (you³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒu
    • Wade–Giles: yu³
    • Yale: yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeou
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jau²
    • Yale: yáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jij, 'jiwX

Rime
Character	黝	黝
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	幽 (138)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於脂切	於糾切
Baxter	'jij	'jiwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪ/	/ʔiɪuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔi/	/ʔɨuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjɪ/	/ʔieuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔi/	/ʔjiwX/
Li Rong	/ʔi/	/ʔiĕuX/
Wang Li	/i/	/iəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi/	/ʔieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yī	yǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji1	jau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qliw/, /*qrɯwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黝	黝
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15620	15641
Phonetic component	幼	幼
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	伊	黝
Old Chinese	/*qliw/	/*qrɯwʔ/
Notes	見莊子

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 黝

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Japanese

Kanji

黝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. bluish black, black
2. dimly lit, dark, black

Readings

• On (unclassified): ゆう (yū)
• Kun: あおぐろ (aoguro), あおぐろい (aoguroi), くらい (kurai)

Compounds

Compounds

• 黝然(ゆうぜん) (yūzen); or 黝然(ようぜん) (yōzen)
• 黝銅鉱(ゆうどうこう) (yūdōkō)
• 黝簾石(ゆうれんせき) (yūrenseki)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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