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U+96E9, 雩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96E9

[U+96E8]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+96EA]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 173, +3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一月一一尸 (MBMMS), four-corner 10727, composition)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1371, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42212
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1878, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4057, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+96E9
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Chinese

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 雩, Shang ...

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰʷla, *ɢʷla): semantic (rain) + phonetic (OC *ɢʷa).

Etymology 1

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A 平聲平声 (píngshēng) noun derived from (OC *ɢʷaʔ, “to rain”), possibly through back-formation (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation



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Definitions

  1. (historical) sacrifice with prayer and dance for rain

Compounds

Etymology 2

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Preserved in many modern Wu dialects, as well as a few neighbouring Huizhou and Jianghuai Mandarin dialects, as (Xiang, 2014).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (obsolete) rainbow
Synonyms

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation



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Definitions

  1. only used in 雩婁雩娄 (Yúlóu)
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Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. offer sacrifice for rain

Readings

  • Go-on: きょ (kyo) (ko)
  • Kan-on: (u) (ku)
  • Kun: あまごい (amagoi, )

Korean

Hanja

(eum (u))

  1. a shamanistic service to pray for rain

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: vu

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

References

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