羑

See also: 羐 and 羗

羑 U+7F91, 羑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F91 ← 羐 [U+7F90] CJK Unified Ideographs 羒 → [U+7F92]

Translingual

Han character

羑 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿土弓人 (TGNO) or 難廿土弓人 (XTGNO), four-corner 8080₇, composition ⿱𦍌久)

1. to lead
2. a guide to goodness

Derived characters

• 湵, 㕗, 𦏇

See also

• 誘

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 951, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28438
• Dae Jaweon: page 1394, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3127, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7F91

Chinese

simp. and trad.		羑
alternative forms		羗／羌 (extended variant that also refers to 羌) 羐 𦍶 𦎅 𦎙

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
畂	*ɡʷ·rɯs
久	*kʷlɯʔ
灸	*kʷlɯʔ, *kʷlɯs
玖	*kʷlɯʔ
疚	*kʷlɯs
柩	*ɡʷlɯs
羑	*ɡʷ·lɯʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒu (you³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵

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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: jau⁵
    • Yale: yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: yuwX

Rime
Character	羑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	與久切
Baxter	yuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/jiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/iəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juwX/
Li Rong	/iuX/
Wang Li	/jĭəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷ·lɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	羑
Reading #	1/1
No.	6975
Phonetic component	久
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	酉
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷ·lɯʔ/

Definitions

羑

1. to guide towards goodness

Japanese

Kanji

羑

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ゆう (yū)、ゆ (yu)
• Kun: みちびく (michibiku)