侑

侑 U+4F91, 侑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F91 ← 侐 [U+4F90] CJK Unified Ideographs 侒 → [U+4F92]

Translingual

Han character

侑 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人大月 (OKB), four-corner 2422₇, composition ⿰亻有)

1. help, assist, repay kindness

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 102, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 594
• Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 146, character 4
• Unihan data for U+4F91

Chinese

trad.		侑
simp. #		侑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 侑
Small seal script s09266
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòu (you⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁶

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: hjuwH

Rime
Character	侑
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	/ɦɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuwH/
Li Rong	/ɣiuH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭəuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	侑
Reading #	1/1
No.	15600
Phonetic component	又
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	宥
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯs/
Notes	甲文作屮下一， 象祭升牛牲首

Definitions

侑

1. (literary) to urge (someone to eat or drink)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to help; to assist
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to requite; to repay kindness
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 宥 (yòu, “to forgive”)

Compounds

• 侑卮
• 侑觴 / 侑觞
• 侑食

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 侑

侑

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. help, assist
2. urge to eat

Readings

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: ゆう (yū)
• Kun: すすめる (susumeru, 侑める)、たすける (tasukeru, 侑ける)
• Nanori: あつむ (atsumu)、すすむ (susumu)、たすく (tasuku)、ゆき (yuki)

Proper noun

侑(ゆう) • (Yū) 

1. a female given name

References

• “侑 (kanji)”, in goo辞書‎ (in Japanese) (dictionary), Goo, 15 October 2024 (last accessed), archived from the original on 9 August 2020

Korean

Hanja

侑 (eum 유 (yu))

1. help, assist
2. repay kindness

Vietnamese

Han character

侑: Hán Nôm readings: hựu, nhất

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation