祐

See also: 佑

祐	U+7950, 祐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7950

← 祏
[U+794F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

祑 →
[U+7951]

祐	U+FA4F, 祐 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA4F

← 祈
[U+FA4E]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

祖 →
[U+FA50]

Translingual

Han character

祐 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈火大口 (IFKR), four-corner 3426₀, composition ⿰礻右(GHTJ) or ⿰示右(K))

Derived characters

𭹮

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 841, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24652
Dae Jaweon: page 1259, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2391, character 1
Unihan data for U+7950

Unihan data for U+FA4F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		祐
alternative forms		右佑

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
絠	*kɯːʔ
醢	*qʰɯːʔ
珛	*qʰʷɯs
栯	ɢʷɯʔ, qʷɯ
有	*ɢʷɯʔ
友	*ɢʷɯʔ
右	ɢʷɯʔ, ɢʷɯs
宥	*ɢʷɯs
囿	ɢʷɯs, ɡʷɯ
侑	*ɢʷɯs
酭	*ɢʷɯs
姷	*ɢʷɯs
又	*ɢʷɯs
佑	*ɢʷɯs
祐	*ɢʷɯs
賄	*qʰʷɯːʔ
蛕	qʰʷɯːʔ, ɡʷɯː
烠	*ɡʷɯː
倄	ɢraːw, ɢʷɯːʔ
鮪	*ɢʷɯʔ
洧	*ɢʷɯʔ
痏	*ɢʷɯʔ
郁	*qʷɯ
戫	*qʷɯ
哊	*ɡʷɯ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷɯs): semantic 礻 (“spirit”) + phonetic 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs).

Etymology

Exoactive of 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs, “right (side)”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yòu (you⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iū

(Teochew, Peng'im): iu⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yòu
  - Wade–Giles: yu⁴
  - Yale: yòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
  - Palladius: ю (ju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jau⁶
  - Yale: yauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
  - Hakka Romanization System: iu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯u⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iū
  - Tâi-lô: iū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iu⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu³⁵/

Middle Chinese: hjuwH

Rime
Character	祐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	于救切
Baxter	hjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuw^H/
Li Rong	/ɣiu^H/
Wang Li	/ɣĭəu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/, /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	祐	祐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yòu	yòu
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuw^X ›	‹ hjuw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/	/*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s/
English	help, blessing	help, blessing
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	祐
Reading #	1/1
No.	15606
Phonetic component	又
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	宥
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯs/

Definitions

祐

(of divinity) to assist; to bless; to protect
- 錢之所祐，吉無不利。何必讀書，然後富貴！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  钱之所祐，吉无不利。何必读书，然后富贵！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Western Jin, 魯褒, 錢神論
  Qián zhī suǒ yòu, jí wú bùlì. Hébì dúshū, ránhòu fùguì! [Pinyin]
  Those who are blessed by money are lucky and without misfortune. Why bother studying, and with that achieve wealth and social position?
alternative form of 佑 (yòu, “to assist”)
a surname

Compounds

僧祐
嘉祐
天祐
慈祐 (Cíyòu)
祐助
祐庇
貺祐 / 贶祐
靈祐 / 灵祐
默祐

Japanese

Shinjitai	祐
Kyūjitai ^[1]^[2]^[3]	祐 `祐` or 祐+`︀`^?
	祐󠄀 祐+`󠄀`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	祐󠄃 祐+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

祐

(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 祐)

divine help, divine protection (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonym: 佑

Readings

Go-on: う (u)^{←う (u, historical)}
Kan-on: ゆう (yū)^{←いう (iu, historical)}
Kun: たすけ (tasuke, 祐け)、たすける (tasukeru, 祐ける)
Nanori: いのり (inori)、さち (sachi)、すけ (suke)、たすく (tasuku)、ち (chi)、ひろ (hiro)、ひろし (hiroshi)、まさ (masa)、ます (masu)、むら (mura)、ゆき (yuki)、よし (yoshi)

Compounds

祐(ゆう)助(じょ) (yūjo)
祐(ゆう)善(ぜん) (Yūzen)
祐(ゆう)筆(ひつ) (yūhitsu) (右(ゆう)筆(ひつ))
嘉(か)祐(ゆう) (kayū)
休(きゅう)祐(ゆう) (kyūyū)
神(しん)祐(ゆう) (shin'yū)
天(てん)祐(ゆう) (ten'yū)
富(ふ)祐(ゆう) (fuyū)
福(ふく)祐(ゆう) (fukuyū)
保(ほ)祐(ゆう) (hoyū) (保(ほ)右(ゆう))
冥(めい)祐(ゆう) (meiyū) (冥(めい)佑(ゆう))
擁(よう)祐(ゆう) (yōyū) (擁(よう)右(ゆう), 擁(よう)佑(ゆう))

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
祐
ゆう Jinmeiyō
kan'on

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

*/ɣɨu/ → /jɨu/ → /juː/

From Middle Chinese 祐 (MC hjuwH).

Proper noun

祐(ゆう) • (Yū) ^{←いう (Iu)^?}

a surname
a male or female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
祐
Jinmeiyō
irregular

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Nominalization of classical adjective 広し (hiroshi), modern 広い (hiroi, “vast, wide”).

Proper noun

祐(ひろし) • (Hiroshi)

a male given name

References

^ “祐”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1553 (paper), page 828 (digital)
^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 888 (paper), page 457 (digital)

Korean

Hanja

祐 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u, Yale wu)

good fortune, to help

Vietnamese

Han character

祐: Hán Nôm readings: hựu, hữu

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[1] “祐”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

[2] Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1553 (paper), page 828 (digital)

[3] Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 888 (paper), page 457 (digital)

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