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

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/

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/
Bernhard 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

used in 倢伃 (jiéyú)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) beautiful; handsome

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.		伃

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǔ (yu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄩˇ

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

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) 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

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

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) 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)

handsome

Readings

Go-on: しょ (sho)^{←しよ (syo, historical)}、よ (yo)
Kan-on: しょ (sho)^{←しよ (syo, historical)}、よ (yo)
Kun: うつくしい (utsukushii)

Korean

Hanja

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

beautiful