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儒
儒
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Translingual
Han character
儒 (radical 9 人+14, 16 strokes, cangjie input 人一月月 (OMBB), four-corner 21227, composition ⿰亻需)
References
- KangXi: page 119, character 30
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1220
- Dae Jaweon: page 253, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 230, character 9
- Unihan data for U+5112
Chinese
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儒 | |
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Glyph origin
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (需) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 羺 | *noː |
| 獳 | *noː |
| 擩 | *noːs, *njoʔ, *njos, *njul, *njod |
| 譳 | *noːs |
| 懦 | *noːls, *njo |
| 糯 | *noːls |
| 需 | *sno |
| 繻 | *sno, *njo |
| 鑐 | *sno |
| 儒 | *njo |
| 濡 | *njo, *noːn |
| 襦 | *njo |
| 嚅 | *njo |
| 顬 | *njo |
| 鱬 | *njo |
| 嬬 | *njo |
| 臑 | *njo |
| 醹 | *njo, *njoʔ |
| 蠕 | *njo |
| 孺 | *njos |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yì
- Min Dong (BUC): ṳ̀
- Min Nan (POJ): lû / jû / jî
- Wu (Wiktionary): zr (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ
- Wade-Giles: ju2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ru
- IPA (key): /ʐu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jyu4
- Yale: yùh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jy4
- IPA (key): /jyː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì
- Hakka Romanization System: iˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yi2
- IPA: /i¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)iˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yi2
- IPA: /(j)i¹¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̀
- IPA (key): /y⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû
- Tâi-lô: lû
- Phofsit Daibuun: luu
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lu²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /lu²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /lu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû
- Tâi-lô: jû
- Phofsit Daibuun: juu
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /d͡zu²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî
- Tâi-lô: jî
- Phofsit Daibuun: jii
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑi¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: zr (T3)
- IPA (key): /z̻z̩²³/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 儒 |
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| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʐu³⁵/ |
| Harbin |
/lu²¹³/ /ʐu²¹³/ |
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| Tianjin | /ʐu⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /lu⁵⁵/ | |
| Qingdao | /y⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ʐu⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /vu²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /v̩²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ʐu⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /vu⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi |
/ʐu⁵¹/ /vu⁵¹/ |
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| Wuhan | /y²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /zu³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /zu²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /ʐu²¹²/ | |
| Nanjing | /ʐu²⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /ʐu²⁴/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /zu⁵³/ |
| Pingyao | /zz̩ʷ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /ʐu⁵³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zz̩²³/ |
| Suzhou | /zz̩ʷ¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /zz̩ʷ²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /zz̩³¹/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /y⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /y⁴⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /y¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /y¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɵ⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /i¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /ʒï¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jy²¹/ |
| Nanning | /y²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /jy²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /lu³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /y⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /y²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /zu⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) |
/zu³¹/ /zi³¹/ |
Definitions
儒
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
儒
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Readings
- Goon: にゅう (nyū) (non-Jōyō reading)
- Kan’on: じゅ (ju)
- Kun: やわらか (yawaraka), うるおす (uruosu), したがう (shitagau)
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
儒 • (yu) (hangeul 유)
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Vietnamese
Han character
儒 (nho, nhu, nhô)
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