覦

覦

See also: 觎

覦 U+89A6, 覦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-89A6 ← 覥 [U+89A5] CJK Unified Ideographs 覧 → [U+89A7]

Translingual

Han character

覦 (Kangxi radical 147, 見+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 人弓月山山 (ONBUU), four-corner 8621₀, composition ⿰俞見(GT) or ⿰兪見(JK))

1. desire strongly, covet, long for

References

• KangXi: page 1135, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34904
• Dae Jaweon: page 1602, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3671, character 9
• Unihan data for U+89A6

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Chinese

trad.		覦
simp.		觎

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
褕	*low, *lo
偷	*l̥ʰoː
媮	*l̥ʰoː, *lo
鍮	*l̥ʰoː
緰	*l'oː, *slo
牏	*l'oː, *l'os, *lo
揄	*l'oː, *l'oːʔ, *lu, *lo
窬	*l'oː, *l'oːs, *lo
歈	*l'oː, *lo
俞	*l̥ʰus, *lo
隃	*slo, *hljo, *hljos, *lo
毹	*sro
輸	*hljo, *hljos
鄃	*hljo, *lo
腧	*hljos
逾	*lo
榆	*lo
愉	*lo
渝	*lo
瑜	*lo
蕍	*lo
覦	*lo, *los
蝓	*lo
踰	*lo
崳	*lo
羭	*lo
堬	*lo
瘉	*lo, *loʔ
萮	*lo
騟	*lo
愈	*loʔ
貐	*loʔ
喻	*los
諭	*los

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *lo, *los) : phonetic 俞 (OC *l̥ʰus, *lo) + semantic 見 (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú (yu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴, jyu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yú
    • Wade–Giles: yü²
    • Yale: yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴, jyu⁶
    • Yale: yùh, yuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴, jy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴, yu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/, /jyː²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /jɨo/, /jɨo^H/

Rime
Character	覦	覦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	羊朱切	羊戍切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨo/	/jɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/jio/	/jioH/
Shao Rongfen	/io/	/ioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juə̆/	/juə̆H/
Li Rong	/io/	/ioH/
Wang Li	/jĭu/	/jĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯u/	/i̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4	jyu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lo/, /*los/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	覦	覦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15861	15882
Phonetic component	俞	俞
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	逾	裕
Old Chinese	/*lo/	/*los/

Definitions

覦

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Compounds

睥睨窺覦／睥睨窥觎 覬覦／觊觎 (jìyú)

覬覦之心／觊觎之心

覬覦之志／觊觎之志

References

• “覦”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

覦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ゆ (yu)
• Kan-on: ゆ (yu)
• Kun: ねがう (negau, 覦う); のぞむ (nozomu, 覦む); こいねがう (koinegau, 覦う)