禺

禺 U+79BA, 禺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79BA ← 禹 [U+79B9] CJK Unified Ideographs 离 → [U+79BB]

Translingual

Han character

禺 (Kangxi radical 114, 禸+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 田中月戈 (WLBI), four-corner 6042₇, composition ⿻日禸)

Derived characters

• 偶 愚 遇 寓 隅 嵎 藕

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 848, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24886
• Dae Jaweon: page 1269, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2533, character 4
• Unihan data for U+79BA

Chinese

trad.		禺
simp. #		禺

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 禺
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
齵	*ŋoː, *ŋo
偶	*ŋoːʔ, *ŋoːs
耦	*ŋoːʔ
藕	*ŋoːʔ
髃	*ŋoːʔ, *ŋo
蕅	*ŋoːʔ
愚	*ŋo
隅	*ŋo
禺	*ŋo, *ŋos
湡	*ŋo
堣	*ŋo
嵎	*ŋo
鰅	*ŋo, *ŋoŋ
鍝	*ŋo
遇	*ŋos
寓	*ŋos
庽	*ŋos
媀	*ŋos
喁	*ŋoŋ
顒	*ŋoŋ

Unclear. Shuowen considers it to be an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 甶 (“head of a ghost”) + 禸 (“to trample”) – a kind of monkey.

In the bronze script, the top of the character resembles the head of a ghost (鬼) and/or a mask (異) and the bottom resembles 禹. Zhang et al. (1996) considers this character differentiated (分化) from 禹 and that the character is a pictogram (象形) of a kind of insect with a decorative mark, similar to the one in 萬 (“scorpion”).

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋaːw (“monkey”); compare Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaaw (“long-tailed / grey monkey”), whence Mizo ngao (“grey monkey”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú, yù (yu², yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ, ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yú
    • Wade–Giles: yü²
    • Yale: yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁶
    • Yale: yuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²²/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjuH

Rime
Character	禺
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	牛具切
Baxter	ngjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋioH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuə̆H/
Li Rong	/ŋioH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋos/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	禺
Reading #	2/2
No.	15933
Phonetic component	禺
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	遇
Old Chinese	/*ŋos/

Definitions

禺

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of large monkey with a long tail and red eyes

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú (yu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yú
    • Wade–Giles: yü²
    • Yale: yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû
    • Tâi-lô: gû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: guu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngju

Rime
Character	禺
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	虞俱切
Baxter	ngju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋio/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuə̆/
Li Rong	/ŋio/
Wang Li	/ŋĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	禺
Reading #	1/2
No.	15921
Phonetic component	禺
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ŋo/

Definitions

禺

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) area; district
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) time before noon, around 9–11 a.m.
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 愚 (yú, “foolish”)
4. (～山) Yu (a mountain in Zhejiang, China)
5. a surname

Compounds

• 番禺 (Pānyú)
• 禺中
• 禺彊 / 禺强
• 禺谷

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǒu, yú (ou³, yu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄡˇ, ㄩˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǒu
    • Wade–Giles: ou³
    • Yale: ǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: oou
    • Palladius: оу (ou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yú
    • Wade–Giles: yü²
    • Yale: yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/

Definitions

禺

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 偶 (ǒu):
   1. to match; to be a pair
   2. statue; figure

Compounds

• 木禺

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóng (yong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóng
    • Wade–Giles: yung²
    • Yale: yúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yong
    • Palladius: юн (jun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ³⁵/

Definitions

禺

1. only used in 禺禺

References

• “禺”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

禺

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. long-tailed monkey

Readings

• On (unclassified): ぐう (gū)、ぐ (gu)
• Kun: おながさる (onagasaru)

Korean

Hanja

禺 • (ong) (hangeul 옹, revised ong, McCune–Reischauer ong, Yale ong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

禺: Hán Nôm readings: ngung, ngu

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