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尤
尤
Translingual
Han character
尤 (radical 43 尢+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 戈大山 (IKU), four-corner 43010)
References
- KangXi: page 298, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7543
- Dae Jaweon: page 593, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 551, character 14
- Unihan data for U+5C24
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
尤 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ
- Wade-Giles: yu2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: you
- IPA (key): /i̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jau4
- Yale: yàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jau4
- IPA (key): /jɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù
- Hakka Romanization System: iuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yiu2
- IPA: /i̯u¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)iuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yiu2
- IPA: /(j)i̯u¹¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû
- Tâi-lô: iû
- Phofsit Daibuun: iuu
- IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 尤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 羽求切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦiu/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣiəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦuw/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣiu/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣĭəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/i̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yóu |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 尤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yóu |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ hjuw › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[ɢ]ʷə/ |
| English | fault; even more |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 尤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15503 |
| Phonetic component |
尤 |
| Rime group |
之 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
尤 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɢʷɯ/ |
| Notes | 甲文象又（手）上加筆指疣 |
Definitions
尤
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Compounds
- 尤其 (yóuqí)
References
- “Query for 尤”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
尤
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
尤 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune-Reischauer u)
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Vietnamese
Han character
尤 (vưu)
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 尤
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|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (尤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 尤 | *ɢʷɯ |
| 疣 | *ɢʷɯ |
| 肬 | *ɢʷɯ |
| 沋 | *ɢʷɯ |
| 訧 | *ɢʷɯ |
| 忧 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 蚘 | *ɢʷɯː |