繇

繇	U+7E47, 繇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E47

← 繆
[U+7E46]

CJK Unified Ideographs

繈 →
[U+7E48]

Translingual

Han character

繇 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月山竹女火 (BUHVF), four-corner 2279₃, composition ⿰䍃系)

References

KangXi: page 937, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27856
Dae Jaweon: page 1377, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3446, character 6
Unihan data for U+7E47

Chinese

trad.		繇
simp. ^#		繇
alternative forms		䌛𧪬𦅸𦅹䌊

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
繇	lɯːw, l'ɯws, *lɯw
蘨	lɯːw, lɯw
櫾	lɯw, lɯws

Originally written 䌛. Now phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *lɯːw, *l'ɯws, *lɯw) : phonetic 䍃 + semantic 系.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yáo (yao²)
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
  - Wade–Giles: yao²
  - Yale: yáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
  - Palladius: яо (jao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu⁴
  - Yale: yìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: /jiᴇu/, /jɨu/

Rime
Character	繇	繇
Reading #	1/3	2/3
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	餘昭切	以周切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇu/	/jɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛu/	/jiu/
Shao Rongfen	/jæu/	/iəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaw/	/juw/
Li Rong	/iɛu/	/iu/
Wang Li	/jĭɛu/	/jĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛu/	/i̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo	yóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu⁴	jau⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*lɯːw/, /*lɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繇	繇
Reading #	1/3	3/3
No.	14721	14725
Phonetic component	繇	繇
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	遙	猷
Old Chinese	/*lɯːw/	/*lɯw/
Notes		曾憲通說金文象鼬初文

Definitions

繇

(literary) Alternative form of 徭 (yáo, “corvee”).
(literary) Alternative form of 謠／谣 (yáo, “folk song”).
(obsolete, of vegetation) lush; flourishing
alt. forms: 蘨
^† Alternative form of 搖／摇 (yáo, “to shake”).
^† Alternative form of 陶 (yáo).

Compounds

咎繇
外繇
皋繇

繇俗
繇役
繇戍

臯繇
繇賦／繇赋
輕繇薄賦／轻繇薄赋

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yóu (you²)
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yóu
  - Wade–Giles: yu²
  - Yale: yóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: you
  - Palladius: ю (ju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴
  - Yale: yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: /jɨu/

Rime
Character	繇
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以周切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/jiu/
Shao Rongfen	/iəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juw/
Li Rong	/iu/
Wang Li	/jĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*lɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繇
Reading #	3/3
No.	14725
Phonetic component	繇
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	猷
Old Chinese	/*lɯw/
Notes	曾憲通說金文象鼬初文

Definitions

繇

(literary) Alternative form of 由 (yóu).
^† Alternative form of 猷 (yóu, “method; means”).

Compounds

根繇
繇是
繇此

自繇 (zìyóu)
自繇自在
優繇／优繇

無繇／无繇
繇來／繇来

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhòu (zhou⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zau⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhòu
  - Wade–Giles: chou⁴
  - Yale: jòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
  - Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zau⁶
  - Yale: jauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯²²/

Middle Chinese: /ɖɨu^H/

Rime
Character	繇
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直祐切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuw^H/
Li Rong	/ȡiu^H/
Wang Li	/ȡĭəu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繇
Reading #	2/3
No.	14723
Phonetic component	繇
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	胄
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯws/

Definitions

繇

(historical) words of divination; interpretation of hexagrams
alt. forms: 籀

Compounds

五繇
繇文

繇詞／繇词

繇辭／繇辞

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yōu (you¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: you
  - Wade–Giles: yu¹
  - Yale: yōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iou
  - Palladius: ю (ju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

繇

(alt. form 悠) Used in 繇繇.

Compounds

繇繇

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03450
“繇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

繇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

reason
cause

Readings

On (unclassified): よう (yō); ゆう (yū); ゆ (yu); ちゅう (chū); じゅ (ju)
Kun: したがう (shitagau)

Korean

Hanja

繇 (eum 요 (yo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

繇: Hán Nôm readings: diêu

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