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雩
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Translingual
Han character
雩 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一月一一尸 (MBMMS), four-corner 10727, composition ⿱⻗亏)
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
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰʷla, *ɢʷla): semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 于 (OC *ɢʷa).
Etymology 1
A 平聲/平声 (píngshēng) noun derived from 雨 (OC *ɢʷaʔ, “to rain”), possibly through back-formation (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
- Jyutping: jyu4
- Yale: yùh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jy4
- Guangdong Romanization: yu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: u1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: u
- Sinological IPA (key): /u³³/
- (Teochew)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: hju
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷ(r)a/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷla/
Definitions
雩
- (historical) sacrifice with prayer and dance for rain
Compounds
Etymology 2
Preserved in many modern Wu dialects, as well as a few neighbouring Huizhou and Jianghuai Mandarin dialects, as 鱟 (Xiang, 2014).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yù
- Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yù
- Wade–Giles: yü4
- Yale: yù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
- Palladius: юй (juj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /y⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
雩
Synonyms
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xū
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syu
- Wade–Giles: hsü1
- Yale: syū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
- Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: xju
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷla/
Definitions
雩
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Japanese
Kanji
雩
- offer sacrifice for rain
Readings
Korean
Hanja
- a shamanistic service to pray for rain
Vietnamese
Han character
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