輿

See also: 舆

輿 U+8F3F, 輿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F3F ← 輾 [U+8F3E] CJK Unified Ideographs 轀 → [U+8F40]

Translingual

Han character

輿 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 竹難十金 (HXJC), four-corner 7780₁, composition ⿳⿴𦥑車一八)

Descendants

• 𢹏

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1247, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38468
• Dae Jaweon: page 1724, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3549, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8F3F

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Chinese

trad.		輿
simp.		舆
2nd round simp.		⿰讠与

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
攑	*kʰlan
藇	*sla, *ljaʔ, *la, *laʔ, *las
嶼	*ljaʔ
鱮	*ljaʔ
舉	*klaʔ
櫸	*klaʔ
舁	*la
與	*la, *laʔ, *las
輿	*la, *las
旟	*la
璵	*la
歟	*la, *laʔ, *las
譽	*la, *las
嬩	*la
擧	*la
鸒	*la, *las
礜	*las
穥	*las

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *la, *las) : phonetic 舁 (OC *la) + semantic 車 (“carriage”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú (yu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̀
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): û / îr / î

  (Teochew, Peng'im): e⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yú
    • Wade–Giles: yü²
    • Yale: yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̀
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: û
    • Tâi-lô: û
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /u²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: îr
    • Tâi-lô: îr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î
    • Tâi-lô: î
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ii
    • IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: e⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ṳ̂
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɯ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yo, yoH

Rime
Character	輿	輿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	以諸切	羊洳切
Baxter	yo	yoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨʌ/	/jɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɔ/	/jiɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/iɔ/	/iɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨə̆/	/jɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/iɔ/	/iɔH/
Wang Li	/jĭo/	/jĭoH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wo/	/i̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4	jyu6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-q(r)a/

  (Zhengzhang): /*la/, /*las/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	輿
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yú
Middle Chinese	‹ yo ›
Old Chinese	/*m-q(r)a/
English	vehicle, carriage; carry on shoulders
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	輿	輿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15892	15905
Phonetic component	舁	舁
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	余	豫
Old Chinese	/*la/	/*las/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 輿

1. cart; carriage
2. sedan chair; palanquin
3. the public; the populace; masses

   輿論／舆论  ―  yúlùn  ―  public opinion

   • 惠公入而背外內之賂。輿人誦之曰：「佞之見佞，果喪其田。詐之見詐，果喪其賂。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     惠公入而背外内之赂。舆人诵之曰：「佞之见佞，果丧其田。诈之见诈，果丧其赂。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Guoyu, circa 4^th century BCE

     Huìgōng rù ér bèi wài nèi zhī lù. Yúrén sòng zhī yuē: “Nìng zhī jiàn nìng, guǒ sàng qí tián. Zhà zhī jiàn zhà, guǒ sàng qí lù.” [Pinyin]

     Duke Hui, having entered Jin (as the Duke), reneges on his promises to pay his foreign and domestic supporters. The people thus chant with these words: "The crafty are duped by craft; nowhere are their fiefs of graft. The liar falls to brazen lies; his due payments vaporize."

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Japanese

Kanji

輿

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. palanquin, litter

Readings

• On (unclassified): よ (yo)
• Kun: こし (koshi, 輿)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
輿
こし Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 輿 – see the following entry.

【こし】 [noun] palanquin, litter

(This term, 輿, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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Korean

Hanja

輿 • (yeo) (hangeul 여, revised yeo, McCune–Reischauer yŏ, Yale ye)

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Vietnamese

Han character

輿: Hán Nôm readings: dư

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