輿

輿

See also: 舆

輿 U+8F3F, 輿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F3F ← 輾 [U+8F3E] CJK Unified Ideographs 轀 → [U+8F40]

Translingual

Han character

輿 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 竹X十金 (HXJC), four-corner 7780₁, composition ⿳⿴𦥑車一八)

Descendants

• 𢹏

References

• KangXi: page 1247, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38468
• Dae Jaweon: page 1724, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3549, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8F3F

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Chinese

trad.		輿
simp.		舆
2nd round simp.		⿰讠与
alternative forms		轝／𬛼

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
攑	*kʰlan
藇	*sla, *ljaʔ, *la, *laʔ, *las
嶼	*ljaʔ
鱮	*ljaʔ
舉	*klaʔ
櫸	*klaʔ
舁	*la
與	*la, *laʔ, *las
輿	*la, *las
旟	*la
璵	*la
歟	*la, *laʔ, *las
譽	*la, *las
嬩	*la
擧	*la
鸒	*la, *las
礜	*las
穥	*las

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *la, *las) : phonetic 舁 (OC *la) + semantic 車 (“carriage”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú (yu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴
• Min Dong (BUC): ṳ̀
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): û / îr / î

  (Teochew, Peng'im): e⁵

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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
    • 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
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: û
    • Tâi-lô: û
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /u²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: îr
    • Tâi-lô: îr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î
    • Tâi-lô: î
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ii
    • IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: e⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ṳ̂
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɯ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /jɨʌ/, /jɨʌ^H/

Rime
Character	輿	輿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	以諸切	羊洳切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨʌ/	/jɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɔ/	/jiɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/iɔ/	/iɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨə̆/	/jɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/iɔ/	/iɔH/
Wang Li	/jĭo/	/jĭoH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wo/	/i̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4	jyu6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-q(r)a/

  (Zhengzhang): /*la/, /*las/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	輿
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yú
Middle Chinese	‹ yo ›
Old Chinese	/*m-q(r)a/
English	vehicle, carriage; carry on shoulders
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	輿	輿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15892	15905
Phonetic component	舁	舁
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	余	豫
Old Chinese	/*la/	/*las/

Definitions

輿

1. cart; carriage
2. sedan chair; palanquin
3. the public; the populace; masses

   輿論／舆论  ―  yúlùn  ―  public opinion

   • 惠公入而背外內之賂。輿人誦之曰：「佞之見佞，果喪其田。詐之見詐，果喪其賂。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     惠公入而背外内之赂。舆人诵之曰：“佞之见佞，果丧其田。诈之见诈，果丧其赂。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Guoyu, circa 4^th century BCE

     Huìgōng rù ér bèi wài nèi zhī lù. Yúrén sòng zhī yuē: “Nìng zhī jiàn nìng, guǒ sàng qí tián. Zhà zhī jiàn zhà, guǒ sàng qí lù.” [Pinyin]

     Duke Hui, having entered Jin (as the Duke), reneges on his promises to pay his foreign and domestic supporters. The people thus chant with these words: "The crafty are duped by craft; nowhere are their fiefs of graft. The liar falls to brazen lies; his due payments vaporize."

Compounds

乘輿／乘舆 (chéngyú) 乘輿播越／乘舆播越 乘輿播遷／乘舆播迁 地輿／地舆 坤輿／坤舆 堪輿／堪舆 (kānyú) 堪輿家／堪舆家 堪輿術／堪舆术 子輿／子舆 安輿／安舆 尻輿神馬／尻舆神马 廝輿／厮舆 扶輿／扶舆 接輿／接舆 接輿歌鳳／接舆歌凤 方輿／方舆 (fāngyú) 服輿／服舆 板輿／板舆 梓匠輪輿／梓匠轮舆

權輿／权舆 (quányú) 步輿／步舆 版輿／版舆 皇輿／皇舆 眠輿／眠舆 竹輿／竹舆 筍輿／笋舆 箯輿／箯舆 (biānyú) 籃輿／篮舆 肩輿／肩舆 腰輿／腰舆 襻輿／襻舆 車輿／车舆 輪輿／轮舆 輿人／舆人 輿圖／舆图 輿地／舆地 輿地廣記／舆地广记 輿地志／舆地志

輿尸／舆尸 輿從／舆从 輿志／舆志 輿情／舆情 (yúqíng) 輿服／舆服 輿櫬／舆榇 輿臺／舆台 輿薪／舆薪 輿誦／舆诵 輿論／舆论 (yúlùn) 輿論政治／舆论政治 輿論界／舆论界 (yúlùnjiè) 輿謣／舆𰶀 輿車／舆车 輿馬／舆马 連輿／连舆 鑾輿／銮舆 (luányú) 面縛輿櫬／面缚舆榇 鸞輿／鸾舆

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Japanese

Kanji

輿

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. palanquin, litter

Readings

• On (unclassified): よ (yo)
• Kun: こし (koshi, 輿)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
輿
こし Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 輿 – see the following entry.

【こし】 [noun] palanquin, litter

(This term, 輿, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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Korean

Hanja

輿 • (yeo) (hangeul 여, revised yeo, McCune–Reischauer yŏ, Yale ye)

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Vietnamese

Han character

輿: Hán Nôm readings: dư

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