諛

諛 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹難人 (YRHXO), four-corner 0763₇, composition ⿰訁臾)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1169, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35696
• Dae Jaweon: page 1635, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3987, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8ADB

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lo): semantic 言 + phonetic 臾 (OC *ɡruds, *lo).

諛

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to flatter; to truckle; to toady to

   阿諛／阿谀  ―  ēyú  ―  to flatter

   • 僕臣正，厥后克正；僕臣諛，厥后自聖。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     仆臣正，厥后克正；仆臣谀，厥后自圣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

     Púchén zhèng, jué hòu kè zhèng; púchén yú, jué hòu zì shèng. [Pinyin]

     When these household officers are correct, the sovereign will be correct;
     When they are flatterers, the sovereign will consider himself a sage.

   • 謂己道人，則勃然作色；謂己諛人，則怫然作色。而終身道人也，終身諛人也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     谓己道人，则勃然作色；谓己谀人，则怫然作色。而终身道人也，终身谀人也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Wèi jǐ dào rén, zé bórán zuòsè; wèi jǐ yú rén, zé fúrán zuòsè. Ér zhōngshēn dào rén yě, zhōngshēn yú rén yě. [Pinyin]

     Tell a man that he is merely following (the opinions) of another, and at once he flushes with anger.
     Tell a man that he is flatterer of others, and immediately he flushes with anger.
     And yet all his life he is merely following others, and flattering them.

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) flattery; toadying words
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, ideophonic) kind; gentle; meek

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. flatter

• Go-on: ゆ (yu)
• Kan-on: ゆ (yu)
• Kun: へつらう (hetsurau)

諛 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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諛: Hán Nôm readings: du, dua, hùa

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