羭

羭 U 7FAD, 羭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FAD ← 羬 [U 7FAC] CJK Unified Ideographs 羮 → [U 7FAE]

Translingual

Han character

羭 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊 9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿手人一弓 (TQOMN), four-corner 8852₁, composition ⿰羊俞)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 953, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28533
• Dae Jaweon: page 1398, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3136, character 13
• Unihan data for U 7FAD

Chinese

trad.		羭
simp. #		羭

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／形声, OC *lo) : semantic 羊 (“sheep; goat”) phonetic 俞 (OC *l̥ʰus, *lo).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *luk (“sheep”) (STEDT). Probably cognate with 犢 (OC *l'oːɡ, “calf”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú (yu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴

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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–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yu

Rime
Character	羭
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
Baxter	yu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/jio/
Shao Rongfen	/io/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juə̆/
Li Rong	/io/
Wang Li	/jĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	羭
Reading #	1/1
No.	15870
Phonetic component	俞
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	逾
Old Chinese	/*lo/

Definitions

羭

1. ^† ewe
2. ^† goodness

Compounds

• 伐善攘羭
• 攘羭

 

Japanese

Kanji

羭

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ゆ (yu)