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U+6CB9, 油
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CB9

[U+6CB8]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6CBA]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 85, +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水中田 (ELW), four-corner 35160, composition )

Derived characters

  • 𠶢, 𣓐, 𰃑, 𭳂, 𫈜, 𩭶

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 614, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17253
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1007, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1585, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6CB9
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Chinese

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  • (Wu)

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lɯw, *lɯwɢs): semantic (water) + phonetic (OC *lɯw).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

“weeb”
From the stereotype of weebs (see 肥宅 (féizhái)).

Pronunciation 1


Note: jau4-2 - "paint, petrol, lubricant".
Note: yiu3* - "paint, petrol, lubricant".
Note:
  • iu5 - vernacular;
  • yiu5 - literary.

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Definitions

  1. name of an ancient river
  2. oil: fat, grease, lard, etc.
       yóu   sesame oil
       zhūyóu   lard
       yóu   engine oil
    [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    caau2 coi3 jiu3 lok6 jau4. [Jyutping]
    You need to add oil when you stir-fry vegetables.
  3. petroleum; fuel
       shíyóu   petroleum; oil
    [Cantonese]   lau6 jau4-2 [Jyutping]   to leak fuel
       jiāyóu   to refuel
    [Cantonese]   jau4 zaam6 [Jyutping]   petrol station; gas station
  4. to paint
    [Cantonese]   jau4 uk1 [Jyutping]   to paint the house
  5. (Cantonese) short for 油漆 (“paint”)
    [Cantonese, trad.]
    [Cantonese, simp.]
    di1 jau4-2 mei6 gon1 aa3. [Jyutping]
    The paint hasn't dried yet.
    [Cantonese]   jau4 jau4-2 [Jyutping]   to apply paint
  6. (Cantonese) to colour (with crayons, coloured pencils, oil pastel, etc.)
    老師弟弟貼堂 [Cantonese, trad.]
    老师弟弟贴堂 [Cantonese, simp.]
    lou5 si1 zoeng1 dai6-4 dai6-2 jau4 go2 fuk1 waa2 tip3 tong4. [Jyutping]
    The teacher posted the picture that my brother coloured on the board.
  7. (Cantonese) short for 油門油门 (yóumén, “accelerator; gas pedal; throttle”)
    [Cantonese]   caai2 jau4-2 [Jyutping]   to hit the gas; to accelerate
  8. (Cantonese) oily
  9. to be grease-stained
  10. sly; glib
  11. vigorous, abundant
  12. shiny
  13. sweet-tempered, acquiescent
  14. flippant and insincere
  15. dark
  16. (chiefly Taiwan, originally ACG, slang, sometimes self-deprecatory) resembling a weeb; obsessive towards ACG
    peko   hǎo yóu ō peko ~   You're such a weeb peko~ (a self-deprecatory phrase among the Hololive fandom, where “peko” is the catchprase of its VTuber Usada Pekora)
  17. a surname

Compounds

Descendants

  • Vietnamese: dầu (𪽠)

Pronunciation 2



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Definitions

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, to glaze)
  2. used in 浩油

References

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Japanese

Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: (yu, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: ゆう ()いう (iu, historical)
  • Kun: あぶら (abura, , Jōyō)

Compounds

Etymology

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
あぶら
[noun] , : oil
[noun] (puristic) petroleum
Alternative spelling
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 기름 (gireum yu))

  1. hanja form? of (oil)

Kunigami

Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese (abura).

Noun

(あんだー) (andā) 

  1. oil

Miyako

Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese (abura).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /avva/, /aʋva/, /aʋʋa/

Noun

(hiragana あっゔぁ, romaji avva)

  1. oil

Okinawan

Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Etymology

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Cognate with Japanese (abura).

Pronunciation

Noun

(あんだ) or (あんだー) (anda or andā) 

  1. oil; petroleum; fuel

Derived terms

References

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