妤

妤

妤 U+59A4, 妤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59A4 ← 妣 [U+59A3] CJK Unified Ideographs 妥 → [U+59A5]

Translingual

Han character

妤 (radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女弓戈弓 (VNIN), four-corner 4742₂, composition ⿰女予)

References

• KangXi: page 257, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6105
• Dae Jaweon: page 521, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1034, character 4
• Unihan data for U+59A4

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		妤

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (予) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
野	*laːʔ, *ɦljaʔ
壄	*laːʔ
序	*ljaʔ
抒	*ljaʔ, *hlja, *ɦljaʔ
芧	*l'aʔ
杼	*l'aʔ, *ɦljaʔ
墅	*ɦljaːʔ
舒	*hlja
紓	*hlja, *ɦljaʔ
妤	*la
伃	*la
予	*la, *laʔ
預	*las
忬	*las
豫	*las
蕷	*las
澦	*las

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *la) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 予 (OC *la, *laʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú (yu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Wade–Giles: yü²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /jɨʌ/▼

Rime
Character	妤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以諸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/iɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨə̆/
Li Rong	/iɔ/
Wang Li	/jĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*la/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	妤
Reading #	1/1
No.	15736
Phonetic component	予
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	余
Old Chinese	/*la/

Definitions

妤

1. Only used in 婕妤 (jiéyú).

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Japanese

Kanji

妤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): よ (yo)

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Korean

Hanja

妤 • (yeo) (hangeul 여, revised yeo, McCune–Reischauer yŏ)

1. 아름답다(=伃): beautiful, pretty, fair; handsome, good-looking

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Vietnamese

Han character

妤 (dư)

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References

• Nom Foundation