毓

See also: 育

毓	U+6BD3, 毓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BD3

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Translingual

Alternative forms

育

Han character

毓 (Kangxi radical 80, 毋+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人卜卜戈山 (OYYIU), four-corner 8051₃, composition ⿰每㐬)

Derived characters

𬉕, 𤪝, 𩱢, 𩱱, 𢑎

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 590, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16740
Dae Jaweon: page 982, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2384, character 4
Unihan data for U+6BD3

Chinese

trad.		毓
simp. ^#		毓
alternative forms		𣫺

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
育	*luɡ
毓	*luɡ
棛	*luɡ
錥	*luɡ
焴	*luɡ
淯	*luɡ
蜟	*luɡ
堉	*luɡ
逳	*luɡ
蘛	*luɡ

Pictogram (象形). An adult (hairpinned) woman (每) giving birth to a head-down baby (𠫓) with amniotic fluid (𫶧).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): juk¹ / juk⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): yuuk²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yu̍k

(Hailu, HRS): rhug^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): ngek
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): oeh⁷ / yoeh⁷
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): io̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): hiog⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yù
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴
  - Yale: yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
  - Palladius: юй (juj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: juk¹ / juk⁶
  - Yale: yūk / yuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁷ / juk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug¹ / yug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚⁵/, /jʊk̚²/

Note: juk6 - variant (rare).

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: yuuk²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɵk̚⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: iug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯uk̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uk̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhug^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒuk²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngek
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɛiʔek/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: oeh⁷
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: e̤̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /œʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: yoeh⁷
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yøʔ⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍k
  - Tâi-lô: io̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔk̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hiog⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiok
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiok̚²/

Middle Chinese: yuwk

Rime
Character	毓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	余六切
Baxter	yuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/iuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juwk̚/
Li Rong	/iuk̚/
Wang Li	/jĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m-quk/

(Zhengzhang): /*luɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	毓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ yuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*m-quk/
English	to produce
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	毓
Reading #	1/1
No.	15985
Phonetic component	育
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	育
Old Chinese	/*luɡ/
Notes	說文同育，甲金文即象母產子

Definitions

毓

(formal) to give birth; to procreate; to foster; to rear; to bring up
alt. forms: 育
a surname

Compounds

毓婷 (yùtíng)
毓子孕孫 / 毓子孕孙
鍾靈毓秀 / 钟灵毓秀 (zhōnglíngyùxiù)

References

“毓”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “毓”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 293.

Japanese

Kanji

毓

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 育)

kyūjitai form of 育

Readings

On (unclassified): いく (iku)
Kun: そだてる (sodateru)

Korean

Hanja

毓 (eum 육 (yuk))

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Vietnamese

Han character

毓: Hán Nôm readings: dục

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References

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