敔

See also: 禦, 圉, and 𢻊

敔 U+6554, 敔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6554 ← 敓 [U+6553] CJK Unified Ideographs 敕 → [U+6555]

Translingual

Han character

敔 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一口人大 (MROK), four-corner 1864₀, composition ⿰吾攵)

Derived characters

• 䢩

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 471, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13224
• Dae Jaweon: page 823, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1461, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6554

Chinese

simp. and trad.		敔
alternative forms		𢾵 ancient 䢩 ancient 𢻊 erroneous

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 敔 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Yu (percussion instrument) (English)

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (五) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
吾	*ŋraː, *ŋaː
衙	*ŋraː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鼯	*ŋaː
浯	*ŋaː
珸	*ŋaː
郚	*ŋaː
齬	*ŋaː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鯃	*ŋaː
娪	*ŋaː
梧	*ŋaː
峿	*ŋaː
五	*ŋaːʔ
伍	*ŋaːʔ
寤	*ŋaːs
啎	*ŋaːs
晤	*ŋaːs
悟	*ŋaːs
逜	*ŋaːs
窹	*ŋaːs
捂	*ŋaːs
鋙	*ŋa, *ŋaʔ
語	*ŋaʔ, *ŋas
圄	*ŋaʔ
敔	*ŋaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋaʔ): phonetic 吾 (OC *ŋraː, *ŋaː) + semantic 攵 (“to rap, hit”).

Etymology

Possibly related to 圉 (*ŋaʔ, “prison”), 圄 (*ŋaʔ, “to defend against; to imprison”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǔ (yu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yü³
    • Yale: yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵
    • Yale: yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjoX

Rime
Character	敔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚巨切
Baxter	ngjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ŋiɔX/
Wang Li	/ŋĭoX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	敔
Reading #	1/1
No.	13162
Phonetic component	五
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	語
Old Chinese	/*ŋaʔ/

Definitions

敔

1. Original form of 禦／御 (yù, “to restrain, prohibit”).
2. (alt. form 䥏) (music) ancient Chinese percussion instrument in the shape of a wooden tiger with a serrated back, played by running a bamboo whisk across it to mark the endings of musical sections

   Synonym: 楬 (jié)

Compounds

• 戛敔
• 柷敔

References

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “敔”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01472

Japanese

Kanji

敔

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. ancient percussion instrument in the shape of a wooden tiger with a serrated back

Readings

• On (unclassified): ぎょ (gyo)、ご (go)

Korean

Hanja

敔 (eumhun 막을 어 (mageul eo))

1. hanja form^? of 어 (“ancient tiger-shaped percussion instrument”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
敔

Chữ Hán

敔: Hán Nôm readings: ngữ

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