諛

See also: 谀

諛	U+8ADB, 諛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8ADB

← 諚
[U+8ADA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

諜 →
[U+8ADC]

Translingual

Han character

諛 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹X人 (YRHXO), four-corner 0763₇, composition ⿰言臾)

References

KangXi: page 1169, character 19

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35696

Dae Jaweon: page 1635, character 8

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3987, character 5

Unihan data for U+8ADB

Chinese

trad.		諛
simp.		谀

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
萸	*lo
臾	ɡruds, lo
腴	*lo
諛	*lo
楰	lo, loʔ
庾	*loʔ
斞	*loʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *lo) : semantic 言 + phonetic 臾 (OC *ɡruds, *lo).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yú (yu²)
(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴
Min Dong (BUC): ṳ̀
Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): ru⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): hhy (T3)

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
  - Yale: yùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̀
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ru⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zu⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hhy (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦy²³/

Middle Chinese: /jɨo/

Rime
Character	諛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	羊朱切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/jio/
Shao Rongfen	/io/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juə̆/
Li Rong	/io/
Wang Li	/jĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)o/
(Zhengzhang): /*lo/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	諛
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yú
Middle Chinese	‹ yu ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ](r)o/
English	flatter (v.)
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	諛
Reading #	1/1
No.	15825
Phonetic component	臾
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	逾
Old Chinese	/*lo/

Definitions

諛

^† to flatter; to truckle; to toady to
- 僕臣正，厥后克正；僕臣諛，厥后自聖。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  仆臣正，厥后克正；仆臣谀，厥后自圣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE
  Púchén zhèng, jué hòu kè zhèng; púchén yú, jué hòu zì shèng. [Pinyin]
  When these household officers are correct, the sovereign will be correct;
  When they are flatterers, the sovereign will consider himself a sage.
- 謂己道人，則勃然作色；謂己諛人，則怫然作色。而終身道人也，終身諛人也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  谓己道人，则勃然作色；谓己谀人，则怫然作色。而终身道人也，终身谀人也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE
  Wèi jǐ dào rén, zé bórán zuòsè; wèi jǐ yú rén, zé fúrán zuòsè. Ér zhōngshēn dào rén yě, zhōngshēn yú rén yě. [Pinyin]
  Tell a man that he is merely following (the opinions) of another, and at once he flushes with anger.
  Tell a man that he is flatterer of others, and immediately he flushes with anger.
  And yet all his life he is merely following others, and flattering them.
^† flattery; toadying words
^† (ideophonic) kind; gentle; meek

Compounds

佞諛／佞谀
口諛／口谀
奉諛／奉谀
好諛惡直／好谀恶直
姦諛／奸谀
媚諛／媚谀
寅諛／寅谀
導諛／导谀
巧諛／巧谀
從諛／从谀
恐諛／恐谀
憸諛／𪫺谀
昵諛／昵谀
獻諛／献谀
稱諛／称谀
詭諛／诡谀
誣諛／诬谀
諂諛／谄谀 (chǎnyú)
諂諛取容／谄谀取容
諛佞／谀佞
諛儒／谀儒
諛優／谀优
諛史／谀史
諛噱／谀噱

諛墓／谀墓
諛媚／谀媚
諛導／谀导
諛巧／谀巧
諛悅／谀悦
諛然／谀然
諛美／谀美
諛聞／谀闻
諛臣／谀臣
諛舌／谀舌
諛行／谀行
諛言／谀言 (yúyán)
諛詞／谀词
諛誕／谀诞
諛語／谀语
諛說／谀说
諛諂／谀谄
諛謗／谀谤
諛贊／谀赞
諛辭／谀辞
諛順／谀顺
諛頌／谀颂
諧諛／谐谀
諱諛／讳谀

謗諛／谤谀
謾諛／谩谀
譏諛／讥谀
譽諛／誉谀
讋諛立懦／詟谀立懦
讒諛／谗谀
貢諛／贡谀
貪諛／贪谀
贊諛／赞谀
進諛／进谀
道諛／道谀
邪諛／邪谀
阿諛／阿谀 (ēyú)
阿諛取容／阿谀取容
阿諛奉承／阿谀奉承 (ēyúfèngchéng)
阿諛曲從／阿谀曲从
阿諛趨奉／阿谀趋奉
阿諛逢迎／阿谀逢迎
阿諛順意／阿谀顺意
阿諛順旨／阿谀顺旨
險諛／险谀
面諛／面谀
面諛背毀／面谀背毁
頌諛／颂谀

Japanese

Kanji

諛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

flatter

Readings

Go-on: ゆ (yu)
Kan-on: ゆ (yu)
Kun: へつらう (hetsurau)

Compounds

阿諛(あゆ) (ayu): flattery
讒諛(ざんゆ) (zan'yu)
諂諛(てんゆ) (ten'yu)
媚諛(びゆ) (biyu)
面諛(めんゆ) (men'yu)
諛言(ゆげん) (yugen): flattering words

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

諛: Hán Nôm readings: du, dua, hùa

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