娛

See also: 娱 and 娯

娛	U+5A1B, 娛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A1B

← 娚
[U+5A1A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

娜 →
[U+5A1C]

娛	U+2F863, 娛 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F863

← 姬
[U+2F862]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

娧 →
[U+2F864]

Translingual

Traditional	娛
Shinjitai	娯
Simplified	娱

Han character

娛 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女口女大 (VRVK), four-corner 4648₁, composition ⿰女吳 or ⿰女吴)

References

KangXi: page 262, character 19
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6307
Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1051, character 8
Unihan data for U+5A1B
Unihan data for U+2F863

Chinese

trad.		娛
simp.		娱
alternative forms		娯

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
吳	*ŋʷaː
蜈	*ŋʷaː
鋘	ŋʷaː, ŋʷraː
麌	ŋʷaː, ŋʷaʔ
祦	*ŋaː
誤	*ŋʷaːs
悞	*ŋʷaːs
娛	ŋʷaːs, ŋʷa
虞	*ŋʷa
澞	*ŋʷa
鸆	*ŋʷa
俁	*ŋʷaʔ
噳	*ŋʷaʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yú, yù (yu², yu⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ, ㄩˋ
(Chengdu, SP): yu²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): jyu⁴
(Taishan, Wiktionary): ngui³
Gan (Wiktionary): nyy⁴ / u⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngu
(Meixian, Guangdong): ngu²
Jin (Wiktionary): y³
Min Bei (KCR): ngṳ̂
Min Dong (BUC): ngṳ̀
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): gû / gî / gô͘ / ngô͘
(Teochew, Peng'im): u⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): nyy (T3); hhy (T3)
Xiang (Wiktionary): y²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - 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, variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yù
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴
  - Yale: yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
  - Palladius: юй (juj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: yu²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: y
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴
  - Yale: yùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ngui³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡui²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: nyy⁴ / u⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲy³⁵/, /u³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋu⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngu²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋu¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: y³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /y⁴⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngṳ̂
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋy³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngṳ̀
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋy⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû
  - Tâi-lô: gû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: guu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ɡu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî
  - Tâi-lô: gî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô͘
  - Tâi-lô: gôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘
  - Tâi-lô: ngôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngoo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: u⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: û
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: nyy (T3); hhy (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲy²³/, /ɦy²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: y²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y¹³/

Middle Chinese: /ŋɨo/, /ŋuo^H/

Rime
Character	娛	娛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	虞俱切	五故切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨo/	/ŋuo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋio/	/ŋuo^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋio/	/ŋo^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuə̆/	/ŋɔ^H/
Li Rong	/ŋio/	/ŋo^H/
Wang Li	/ŋĭu/	/ŋu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯u/	/ŋuo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú	wù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu⁴	ng⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋʷ(r)a/
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋʷaːs/, /*ŋʷa/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	娛
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yú
Middle Chinese	‹ ngju ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋʷ(r)a/
English	rejoice
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	娛	娛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13101	13104
Phonetic component	吴	吴
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	誤
Old Chinese	/*ŋʷaːs/	/*ŋʷa/

Definitions

娛

to amuse; to entertain
amusing; entertaining
amusement; enjoyment; pleasure
entertainment

Compounds

動心娛目／动心娱目
娛娛／娱娱
娛悅／娱悦 (yúyuè)
娛樂／娱乐 (yúlè)
娛樂場所／娱乐场所
娛樂片／娱乐片
娛樂稅／娱乐税

娛老／娱老
娛親／娱亲
怡然自娛／怡然自娱
悅心娛目／悦心娱目
悅目娛心／悦目娱心
戲綵娛親／戏彩娱亲
文娛活動／文娱活动

歡娛／欢娱 (huānyú)
綵衣娛親／彩衣娱亲
老萊娛親／老莱娱亲
耳目之娛／耳目之娱
自娛／自娱 (zìyú)
自娛娛人／自娱娱人
逍遙自娛／逍遥自娱

Japanese

Shinjitai	娯
Kyūjitai	娛

Kanji

娛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 娯)

recreation

Readings

Kan-on: ぐ (gu)
On: ぐ (gu); ご (go)
Kun: たのしみ (tanoshimi, 娛しみ); たのしむ (tanoshimu, 娛しむ)

Usage notes

This character has never been used in Japanese and lacks essential JIS support. Tha variant 娯 is used instead.

Korean

Hanja

娛 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o)

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Vietnamese

Han character

娛: Hán Nôm readings: ngu

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