襦

襦

襦 U+8966, 襦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8966 ← 襥 [U+8965] CJK Unified Ideographs 襧 → [U+8967]

Translingual

Han character

襦 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 中一月月 (LMBB), four-corner 3122₇, composition ⿰衤需)

1. short coat, jacket
2. fine silk fab

References

• KangXi: page 1126, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34678
• Dae Jaweon: page 1593, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3119, character 15
• Unihan data for U+8966

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Chinese

trad.		襦
simp. #		襦

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
羺	*noː
獳	*noː
擩	*noːs, *njoʔ, *njos, *njul, *njod
譳	*noːs
懦	*noːls, *njo
糯	*noːls
需	*sno
繻	*sno, *njo
鑐	*sno
儒	*njo
濡	*njo, *noːn
襦	*njo
嚅	*njo
顬	*njo
鱬	*njo
嬬	*njo
臑	*njo
醹	*njo, *njoʔ
蠕	*njo
孺	*njos

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rú (ru²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rú
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rú
    • Wade–Giles: ju²
    • Yale: rú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ru
    • Palladius: жу (žu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ȵɨo/

Rime
Character	襦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	人朱切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵio/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵuə̆/
Li Rong	/ȵio/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*no/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njo/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	襦
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rú
Middle Chinese	‹ nyu ›
Old Chinese	/*no/
English	jacket
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	襦
Reading #	1/1
No.	13971
Phonetic component	需
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	儒
Old Chinese	/*njo/

Definitions

襦

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Compounds

腰襦 袾襦 襦裙 (rúqún) 綺襦紈褲／绮襦纨裤

繡襦記／绣襦记 (Xiùrújì) 羅襦／罗襦 複襦／复襦

襦褲／襦裤 襦褲歌／襦裤歌 雪中贈襦／雪中赠襦

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Japanese

Kanji

襦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: にゅう (nyū)
• Kan-on: じゅ (ju)
• Kun: はだぎ (hadagi, 襦)

Compounds

Compounds

• 襦袢(じゅばん) (juban): a type of undershirt worn under a kimono

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Korean

Hanja

襦 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

襦: Hán Nôm readings: nhu

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