郁

郁

See also: 鬱

郁 U+90C1, 郁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90C1 ← 郀 [U+90C0] CJK Unified Ideographs 郂 → [U+90C2]

Translingual

Han character

郁 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大月弓中 (KBNL) or X大月弓中 (XKBNL), four-corner 4722₇, composition ⿰有⻏)

References

• KangXi: page 1270, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39371
• Dae Jaweon: page 1769, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3766, character 5
• Unihan data for U+90C1

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 郁
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
絠	*kɯːʔ
醢	*qʰɯːʔ
珛	*qʰʷɯs
栯	*ɢʷɯʔ, *qʷɯ
有	*ɢʷɯʔ
友	*ɢʷɯʔ
右	*ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs
宥	*ɢʷɯs
囿	*ɢʷɯs, *ɡʷɯ
侑	*ɢʷɯs
酭	*ɢʷɯs
姷	*ɢʷɯs
又	*ɢʷɯs
佑	*ɢʷɯs
祐	*ɢʷɯs
賄	*qʰʷɯːʔ
蛕	*qʰʷɯːʔ, *ɡʷɯː
烠	*ɡʷɯː
倄	*ɢraːw, *ɢʷɯːʔ
鮪	*ɢʷɯʔ
洧	*ɢʷɯʔ
痏	*ɢʷɯʔ
郁	*qʷɯ
戫	*qʷɯ
哊	*ɡʷɯ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʷɯ) : phonetic 有 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ) + semantic 邑.

Etymology 1

trad.		郁
simp. #		郁
alternative forms		𨚼 ‡ 𨟝 Used in 馥𨟝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): iuk
• Min Bei (KCR): ṳ̆
• Min Dong (BUC): é̤ṳk
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiok / iok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiog⁴

• Wu (Wiktionary): ioq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk¹
    • Yale: yūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: iuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: iug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: iug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯uk̚²/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: é̤ṳk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /øyʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiok
    • Tâi-lô: hiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hiɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iok
    • Tâi-lô: iok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iɔk̚³²/

Note:

• hiok - vernacular;
• iok - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiok̚²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ioq (T4)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯ʊʔ⁵⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 郁
Mandarin	Beijing	/y⁵¹/
	Harbin	/y⁵³/
	Tianjin	/y⁵³/
	Jinan	/y²¹/
	Qingdao	/y⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/y³¹²/
	Xi'an	/y⁴⁴/
	Xining	/y²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/y¹³/
	Lanzhou	/y¹³/
	Ürümqi	/y²¹³/
	Wuhan	/iəu²¹³/
	Chengdu	/yo³¹/ /y³¹/
	Guiyang	/iu²¹/
	Kunming	/iu³¹/
	Nanjing	/ʐuʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/yəʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/yəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/yʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/yəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ioʔ⁵/ /yɪʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/ioʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ʔyəʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/j̠ɤu²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/iuʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/y⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/y²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/iəɯ²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/iut̚¹/
	Taoyuan	/vut̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jok̚⁵/
	Nanning	/juk̚⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/jok̚⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/hiɔk̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/øyʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/y²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/hiok̚²/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/zok̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔɨuk̚/

Rime
Character	郁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	東 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於六切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	郁
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷək/
English	stately, elegant
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	郁
Reading #	1/1
No.	15615
Phonetic component	又
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	郁
Old Chinese	/*qʷɯ/

Definitions

郁

1. Used in 郁夷 (“name of an ancient county in modern-day Shaanxi province”).
2. sweet-smelling; rich in aroma; fragrant
3. Alternative form of 彧 (yù, “adorned; elegant; ornate”).
4. Alternative form of 薁 (yù, “oriental bush berry”).
5. Alternative form of 燠 (yù, “warm”).
6. fruit which lacks a kernel or stone inside
7. a surname

   郁達夫／郁达夫  ―  Yù Dáfū  ―  Yu Dafu (Chinese writer)

Compounds

淑郁 芬郁 (fēnyù) 蓊郁 郁哉 郁李 (yùlǐ) 郁烈 郁穆

郁郁 (yùyù) 郁郁青青 郁馥 醇郁 馥郁 (fùyù) 濃郁／浓郁 (nóngyù)

蔥蔥郁郁／葱葱郁郁 蔥郁／葱郁 郁樸／郁朴 郁離子／郁离子 醲郁／𬪩郁 鬱郁／郁郁 (yùyù)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 郁 – see 鬱 (“lush; luxuriant; exuberant; dense; thick; various; abundant; profuse; etc.”). (This character, 郁, is the simplified form of 鬱.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 郁 – see 喐 (“(Cantonese) to move”). (This character, 郁, is a variant form of 喐.)

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Japanese

Kanji

郁

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. culture, cultural progress
2. fragrance, perfume

Readings

• Go-on: いく (iku)^{←ゐく (wiku, historical)}
• Kan-on: いく (iku)^{←ゐく (wiku, historical)}
• Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 郁らか); かぐわしい (kaguwashī, 郁しい); さかん (sakan)
• Nanori: あや (aya); い (i); か (ka); かぐわ (kaguwa); くに (kuni); かおる (kaoru); たかし (takashi); ふみ (fumi); ゆう (yū)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
郁
いく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 郁 (MC ʔɨuk̚).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• IPA^(key): [ikɯ̟ᵝ]

Affix

郁(いく) • (iku) 

1. fragrant; sweet-smelling
2. cultured; refined

Proper noun

郁(かおる) • (Kaoru) 

1. a unisex given name

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Korean

Hanja

郁 • (uk) (hangeul 욱, revised uk, McCune–Reischauer uk, Yale wuk)

1. sweet smelling
2. rich in aroma

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Vietnamese

Han character

郁: Hán Nôm readings: hóc

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References

• Nom Foundation