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Translingual

Han character

(radical 149 +7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹木尸 (YRHDS), four-corner 02627, composition)

  1. persuade, entice, induce
  2. guide

References

  • KangXi: page 1162, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35525
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1627, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3977, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+8A98

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*l̥ʰoːs, *hljuɡ
*luʔ
*luʔ
*luʔ, *slus, *lus
*luʔ, *slus
*slus
*slus

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *luʔ) : semantic  (word, language) + phonetic  (OC *slus).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (36)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13931
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*luʔ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(yu) (hangeul , revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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