俑

俑 U+4FD1, 俑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FD1 ← 俐 [U+4FD0] CJK Unified Ideographs 俒 → [U+4FD2]

Translingual

Han character

俑 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人弓戈月 (ONIB), four-corner 2722₇, composition ⿰亻甬)

1. wooden figure buried with the dead

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 104, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 683
• Dae Jaweon: page 221, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 168, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4FD1

Chinese

simp. and trad.		俑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 俑
Small seal script s05876
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 (用) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
通	*l̥ʰoːŋ
俑	*l̥ʰoːŋ, *loŋʔ
蓪	*l̥ʰoːŋ
桶	*l̥ʰoːŋʔ, *l'oːŋʔ
捅	*l̥ʰoːŋʔ
痛	*l̥ʰoːŋs
筩	*l'oːŋ
誦	*ljoŋs
傭	*l̥ʰoŋ, *loŋ
慵	*ɦljoŋ
鱅	*ɦljoŋ, *loŋ
滽	*loŋ
墉	*loŋ
鏞	*loŋ
鄘	*loŋ
槦	*loŋ
銿	*loŋ
甬	*loŋʔ
勇	*loŋʔ
涌	*loŋʔ
踊	*loŋʔ
蛹	*loŋʔ
恿	*loŋʔ
慂	*loŋʔ
悀	*loŋʔ
埇	*loŋʔ
踴	*loŋʔ
庸	*loŋ
用	*loŋs
佣	*loŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒng (yong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung² / jung⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ióng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒng
    • Wade–Giles: yung³
    • Yale: yǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeong
    • Palladius: юн (jun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jung² / jung⁵
    • Yale: yúng / yúhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung² / jung⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung² / yung⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ³⁵/, /jʊŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng
    • Tâi-lô: ióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: thuwng, yowngX

Rime
Character	俑	俑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	他紅切	余隴切
Baxter	thuwng	yowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰuŋ/	/jɨoŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰuŋ/	/jioŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰuŋ/	/ioŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəwŋ/	/juawŋX/
Li Rong	/tʰuŋ/	/ioŋX/
Wang Li	/tʰuŋ/	/jĭwoŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰuŋ/	/i̯woŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tōng	yǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tung1	jung5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*loŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰoːŋ/, /*loŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	俑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǒng
Middle Chinese	‹ yowngX ›
Old Chinese	/*loŋʔ/
English	grave figures
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	俑	俑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15429	15451
Phonetic component	用	用
Rime group	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	通	勇
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰoːŋ/	/*loŋʔ/

Definitions

俑

1. tomb figurine

Compounds

• 作俑 (zuòyǒng)
• 兵馬俑 / 兵马俑 (bīngmǎyǒng)
• 始作俑者 (shǐzuòyǒngzhě)
• 木俑
• 秦俑 (Qínyǒng)
• 陶俑 (táoyǒng)

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 俑

俑

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ゆう (yū)
• Kan-on: よう (yō)
• Kun: いたむ (itamu)

Kanji in this term
俑
よう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞ː]

Noun

俑(よう) • (yō) 

1. wooden figure buried with the dead

Korean

Hanja

俑 (eum 용 (yong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

俑: Hán Nôm readings: dõng, dũng

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References

• Nom Foundation