黝

黝	U+9EDD, 黝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EDD

← 黜
[U+9EDC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

點 →
[U+9EDE]

Translingual

Han character

黝 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+5, 17 strokes, cangjie input 田火女戈尸 (WFVIS), four-corner 6432₇, composition ⿰黑幼)

black

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1519, character 27
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48082
Dae Jaweon: page 2053, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4748, character 2
Unihan data for U+9EDD

Chinese

trad.		黝
simp. ^#		黝

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黝
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
黝	qliw, qrɯwʔ
坳	qrɯːw, qrɯːws
軪	qrɯːw, qrɯːws
眑	qrɯːw, qrɯwʔ
拗	qrɯːwʔ, qrɯːws
鴢	qrɯːwʔ, qɯːwʔ
靿	qrɯːwʔ, qrɯːws
狕	*qrɯːwʔ
袎	*qrɯːws
怮	qɯːw, qrɯw, qrɯw, qrɯwʔ
窈	*qiːwʔ
苭	*qɯːwʔ
泑	qrɯw, qrɯwʔ
呦	*qrɯw
蚴	*qrɯwʔ
幼	*qrɯws

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǒu (you³)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǒu
  - Wade–Giles: yu³
  - Yale: yǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeou
  - Palladius: ю (ju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jau²
  - Yale: yáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'jij, 'jiwX

Rime
Character	黝	黝
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	幽 (138)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於脂切	於糾切
Baxter	'jij	'jiwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪ/	/ʔiɪu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔi/	/ʔɨu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjɪ/	/ʔieu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔi/	/ʔjiw^X/
Li Rong	/ʔi/	/ʔiĕu^X/
Wang Li	/i/	/iəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi/	/ʔieu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yī	yǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji¹	jau²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qliw/, /*qrɯwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黝	黝
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15620	15641
Phonetic component	幼	幼
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	伊
Old Chinese	/*qliw/	/*qrɯwʔ/
Notes	見莊子

Definitions

黝

bluish-black, greenish-black

Compounds

黑黝
黑黝黝
黝堊 / 黝垩
黝暗
黝簾石 / 黝帘石 (yǒuliánshí)
黝糾 / 黝纠
黝銅礦 / 黝铜矿
黝黑 (yǒuhēi)
黝黝 (yǒuyǒu)
黝黯

References

“黝”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

黝

(Hyōgai kanji)

bluish black, black
dimly lit, dark, black

Readings

Go-on: ゆう (yū)^{←いう (iu, historical)}
Kan-on: ゆう (yū)^{←いう (iu, historical)}
Kun: あおぐろ (aoguro, 黝)、あおぐろい (aoguroi, 黝い)、くらい (kurai, 黝い)

Compounds

黝然(ゆうぜん) (yūzen); or 黝然(ようぜん) (yōzen)
黝銅鉱(ゆうどうこう) (yūdōkō)
黝簾石(ゆうれんせき) (yūrenseki)

Korean

Hanja

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

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