紆

See also: 纡

紆	U+7D06, 紆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D06

← 紅
[U+7D05]

CJK Unified Ideographs

紇 →
[U+7D07]

Translingual

Han character

紆 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女火一木 (VFMD), four-corner 2194₀, composition ⿰糹于)

bend, turn, twist
distort

Derived characters

𦀒

Descendants

纡

References

KangXi: page 916, character 2

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27244

Dae Jaweon: page 1344, character 1

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3362, character 10

Unihan data for U+7D06

Chinese

trad.		紆
simp.		纡

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	kʰʷraː, kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	kʰʷraː, kʰʷraːʔ, kʰʷraːs, kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	ɢʷraː, qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	pɢʷaː, kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	kʰʷaː, qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	ɡʷaːʔ, qʷaː
瓠	ɡʷlaː, ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	qʷaː, qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	qʷaːs, ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	pqʰʷa, qʰʷa
雩	qʰʷla, ɢʷla
吁	qʰʷa, ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	qʰʷa, qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	qʷa, qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	ɢʷa, ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʷa) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 于 (OC *ɢʷa).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yū (yu¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu¹
Min Nan (POJ): u

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yū
  - Zhuyin: ㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yu
  - Wade–Giles: yü¹
  - Yale: yū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iu
  - Palladius: юй (juj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu¹
  - Yale: yū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: u
  - Tâi-lô: u
  - Phofsit Daibuun: w
  - IPA (Xiamen): /u⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /u³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /u⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /u⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /u⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /ʔɨo/

Rime
Character	紆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	憶俱切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔio/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuə̆/
Li Rong	/ʔio/
Wang Li	/ĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷ(r)a/
(Zhengzhang): /*qʷa/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	紆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yū
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔju ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷ(r)a/
English	bent, crooked
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	紆
Reading #	1/1
No.	15700
Phonetic component	于
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	紆
Old Chinese	/*qʷa/

Definitions

紆

winding; tortuous; twisting and turning
depressed; downcast
to entwine; to wind around; to encircle
to hang; to wear
a surname

Compounds

曲折縈紆／曲折萦纡 (qūzhéyíngyū)
盤紆／盘纡 (pányū)
紆尊降貴／纡尊降贵 (yūzūnjiàngguì)
紆徐／纡徐
紆曲／纡曲
紆朱懷金／纡朱怀金

紆行／纡行
紆軫／纡轸
紆轡／纡辔
紆迴／纡回
紆青拖紫／纡青拖紫
紆餘／纡余

紆體／纡体
紆鬱／纡郁
縈紆／萦纡 (yíngyū)
降貴紆尊／降贵纡尊
鬱紆／郁纡

Japanese

Kanji

紆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: う (u)

Kan-on: う (u)

Kun: まがる (magaru), めぐる (meguru)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
紆
う Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 紆 (MC ʔɨo).

Pronunciation

On’yomi

IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝ]

Affix

紆(う) • (u)

roundabout

Korean

Hanja

紆 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u, Yale wu)

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