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(Kangxi radical 102, +0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 中田 (LW), four-corner 50600, composition or )

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 757, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21724
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1167, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2524, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+7531
simp. and trad.
alternative forms
Old Chinese
*ljɯwɢs
*ljɯwɢs
*ljɯwɢs, *lɯwɢs
*l̥ʰɯw
*l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ
*l'ɯw
*l'ɯw
*l'ɯw, *ɦljɯw, *lɯw
*rlɯw
*l'ɯwɢs
*l'ɯwɢs
*l'ɯwɢs
*l'ɯwɢs
*l'ɯwɢs
*lɯw, *lɯwɢs
*lɯw
*lɯw
*lɯw
*lɯw
*lɯwɢs
*lɯwɢs, *l'ɯwɢ
*lɯwɢs
*l'ɯːwɢ, *l̥ʰɯwɢ
*l'ɯːwɢ
*l'ɯːwɢ
*l'ɯːwɢ
*l'ɯwɢ
*l'ɯwɢ

Pictogram (象形) – a container or helmet.

If a helmet, may have been the same as or original character of .

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to ?”)


Note: jau4-2 - only used for "to follow".


  • Dialectal data

BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yóu
Middle
Chinese
‹ yuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*l[u]/
English follow; from

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 15526
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*lɯw/

  1. cause; reason
      ―  yuányóu  ―  cause and reason
  2. from
      ―  yóu běi dào nán  ―  from north to south
    廣州出發广州出发  ―  yóu Guǎngzhōu chūfā  ―  to depart from Guangzhou
  3. by; through; via
    側門出入侧门出入  ―  Qǐng yóu cèmén chūrù.  ―  Please enter and exit via the side door.
  4. (done) by
    處理 [MSC, trad.]
    处理 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè jiàn shì yóu wǒ lái chùlǐ ba. [Pinyin]
    Let me handle this matter.
  5. because of; due to
  6. by means of
    此可見此可见  ―  yóucǐkějiàn  ―  thus it can be seen
    部分組成 [MSC, trad.]
    部分组成 [MSC, simp.]
    Běn shū yóu sān bùfēn zǔchéng. [Pinyin]
    This book is composed of three parts.
  7. to pass through
    之路  ―  yóuzhīlù  ―  the path that must be taken
  8. to follow; to let one determine
    身不  ―  shēnbùyóu  ―  to be unable to determine for oneself
      ―  Yóu tā qù ba!  ―  Let him do as he pleases!
    自己 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    jau4-2 keoi5 zi6 gei2 zou6 laa1! [Jyutping]
    Let him do it by himself!

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character is a variant form of ).

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. cause, reason
  2. from, arising from

(eumhun 말미암을 (malmiameul yu))

  1. hanja form? of (cause; reason)

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

: Hán Nôm readings: do, , ro, yêu, sân

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