伃

伃 U+4F03, 伃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F03 ← 伂 [U+4F02] CJK Unified Ideographs 伄 → [U+4F04]

Translingual

Han character

伃 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人弓戈弓 (ONIN) or 難人弓戈弓 (XONIN), composition ⿰亻予)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 95, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 425
• Dae Jaweon: page 201, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 128, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4F03

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
野	*laːʔ, *ɦljaʔ
壄	*laːʔ
序	*ljaʔ
抒	*ljaʔ, *hlja, *ɦljaʔ
芧	*l'aʔ
杼	*l'aʔ, *ɦljaʔ
墅	*ɦljaːʔ
舒	*hlja
紓	*hlja, *ɦljaʔ
妤	*la
伃	*la
予	*la, *laʔ
預	*las
忬	*las
豫	*las
蕷	*las
澦	*las

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *la) : semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 予 (OC *la, *laʔ)

Pronunciation 1

simp. and trad.		伃
alternative forms		妤

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú (yu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yú
    • Wade–Giles: yü²
    • Yale: yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yo

Rime
Character	伃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以諸切
Baxter	yo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/iɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨə̆/
Li Rong	/iɔ/
Wang Li	/jĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*la/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	伃
Reading #	1/1
No.	15737
Phonetic component	予
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	余
Old Chinese	/*la/
Notes	同妤

Definitions

伃

1. Used in 倢伃 (jiéyú).
2. ^† beautiful; handsome

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.		伃

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǔ (yu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yü³
    • Yale: yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴/

Definitions

伃

1. ^† This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Pronunciation 3

simp. and trad.		伃

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xù (xu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syù
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴
    • Yale: syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹/

Definitions

伃

1. ^† long(-headed)
   • 53 BC to 18 AD, Yang Xiong (editor), Fangyan

     燕記曰，豐人杼首。杼首，長首也，楚謂之伃。

Japanese

Kanji

伃

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. handsome

Readings

• Go-on: しょ (sho)、よ (yo)
• Kan-on: しょ (sho)、よ (yo)
• Kun: うつくしい (utsukushī)

Korean

Hanja

伃 • (yeo) (hangeul 여, revised yeo, McCune–Reischauer yŏ)

1. beautiful