妤

妤 U+59A4, 妤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59A4 ← 妣 [U+59A3] CJK Unified Ideographs 妥 → [U+59A5]

Translingual

Han character

妤 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女弓戈弓 (VNIN), four-corner 4742₂, composition ⿰女予)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 257, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6105
• Dae Jaweon: page 521, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1034, character 4
• Unihan data for U+59A4

Chinese

trad.		妤
simp. #		妤

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
野	*laːʔ, *ɦljaʔ
壄	*laːʔ
序	*ljaʔ
抒	*ljaʔ, *hlja, *ɦljaʔ
芧	*l'aʔ
杼	*l'aʔ, *ɦljaʔ
墅	*ɦljaːʔ
舒	*hlja
紓	*hlja, *ɦljaʔ
妤	*la
伃	*la
予	*la, *laʔ
預	*las
忬	*las
豫	*las
蕷	*las
澦	*las

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *la) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 予 (OC *la, *laʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú (yu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yì

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yi²

• Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̀
• Southern Min

  (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–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì
    • Hakka Romanization System: iˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi²
    • Sinological IPA: /i¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yi²
    • Sinological IPA: /i¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̀
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: û
    • Tâi-lô: û
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: îr
    • Tâi-lô: îr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î
    • Tâi-lô: î
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ii
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /i²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³/

Note: literary reading.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: e⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ṳ̂
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɯ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yo

Rime
Character	妤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以諸切
Baxter	yo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/iɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨə̆/
Li Rong	/iɔ/
Wang Li	/jĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*la/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	妤
Reading #	1/1
No.	15736
Phonetic component	予
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	余
Old Chinese	/*la/

Definitions

妤

1. Only used in 婕妤 (jiéyú).

Japanese

Kanji

妤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): よ (yo)

Korean

Hanja

妤 • (yeo) (hangeul 여, revised yeo, McCune–Reischauer yŏ)

1. 아름답다(=伃): beautiful, pretty, fair; handsome, good-looking

Vietnamese

Han character

妤: Hán Nôm readings: dư

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References

• Nom Foundation