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羽
羽
Translingual
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Han character
羽 (radical 124 羽+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 尸一尸戈一 (SMSIM), four-corner 17120, composition ⿰习习 (GTJV) or ⿰⿹𠃌⿰丿丿⿹𠃌⿰丿丿 (K) or ⿰⿹𠃌⿱丿丿⿹𠃌⿱丿丿 (K))
- feather, plume
- wings
- fifth note in the Chinese pentatonic scale or la
- Kangxi radical #124, ⽻ (“feather”).
References
- KangXi: page 955, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28614
- Dae Jaweon: page 1400, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3341, character 1
- Unihan data for U+7FBD
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
羽 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 羽
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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 (羽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 詡 | *qʰʷaʔ |
| 栩 | *qʰʷaʔ, *ɢʷaʔ |
| 珝 | *qʰʷaʔ |
| 祤 | *qʰʷaʔ, *ɢʷaʔ |
| 羽 | *ɢʷaʔ, *ɢʷas |
| 頨 | *peːns, *ɢʷaʔ, *qʰʷan |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩˇ
- Wade-Giles: yü3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeu
- IPA (key): /y²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jyu5
- Yale: yúh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jy5
- IPA (key): /jyː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yí
- Hakka Romanization System: i`
- Hagfa Pinyim: yi3
- IPA: /i³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yí
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)i`
- Hagfa Pinyim: yi3
- IPA: /(j)i³¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ú
- Tâi-lô: ú
- Phofsit Daibuun: uo
- IPA (Quanzhou): /u⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /u⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /u⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /u⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í
- Tâi-lô: í
- Phofsit Daibuun: ie
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 羽 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /y²¹⁴/ |
| Harbin | /y²¹³/ | |
| Tianjin | /y¹³/ | |
| Jinan | /y⁵⁵/ | |
| Qingdao | /y⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /y⁵³/ | |
| Xi'an | /y⁵³/ | |
| Xining | /y⁵³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /y⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /y¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /y⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /y⁴²/ | |
| Chengdu | /y⁵³/ | |
| Guiyang | /i⁴²/ | |
| Kunming | /i⁵³/ | |
| Nanjing | /y²¹²/ | |
| Hefei | /zz̩ʷ²⁴/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /y⁵³/ |
| Pingyao | /y⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /y⁵³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɦy²³/ |
| Suzhou | /y⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ʔz̩ʷ⁵³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /vu³⁵/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /y³⁵/ |
| Tunxi | /ȵy²⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /y⁴¹/ |
| Xiangtan | /y²¹/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /y²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /i⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | ||
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jy²³/ |
| Nanning | /y²⁴/ | |
| Hong Kong | /jy²³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /u⁵³/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /y³²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /y²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /u⁵³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /zi³¹/ |
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 羽 | 羽 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 王矩切 | 王遇切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦɨoX/ | /ɦɨoH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦioX/ | /ɦioH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣioX/ | /ɣioH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦuə̆X/ | /ɦuə̆H/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣioX/ | /ɣioH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣĭuX/ | /ɣĭuH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/i̯uX/ | /i̯uH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yǔ | yù |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 羽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yǔ |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ hjuX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ/ |
| English | feather, wing |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 羽 | 羽 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 15946 | 15950 |
| Phonetic component |
羽 | 羽 |
| Rime group |
魚 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
羽 | 芋 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɢʷaʔ/ | /*ɢʷas/ |
Definitions
羽
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Compounds
Derived terms from 羽
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Japanese
Kanji
羽
- feathers
- counter for birds, rabbits
Readings
Compounds
Derived terms
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Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 羽 |
|
はね Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi |
Pronunciation
Noun
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
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| 羽 |
|
わ Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi |
Pronunciation
Counter
- counter for birds
- counter for rabbits
References
Korean
Hanja
羽 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune-Reischauer u, Yale wu)
- the fifth note in the pentatonic scale; la