粵

See also: 粤

粵 U+7CB5, 粵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7CB5 ← 粴 [U+7CB4] CJK Unified Ideographs 粶 → [U+7CB6]

Translingual

Han character

粵 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹田一女尸 (HWMVS), four-corner 2620₇, composition ⿱⿵⿱丿冂釆亏)

Derived characters

• 𠿋 𤀀 𥜊 𥣄 𦆒 𧒹 𧞄 𨆗 𠟲

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 909, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 5, page 3149, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7CB5

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 粵
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)	Libian (compiled in Qing)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts	Clerical script

A specialization of 雩 (OC *qʰʷla, *ɢʷla) by modification of 雨 (Chi, 2010).

Shuowen interprets it as an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 宷 + 亏.

Etymology 1

trad.		粵
simp.		粤
2nd round simp.		⿳丿冈丂
alternative forms		⿳丿冈丂 2nd round simp. (1977) ⿳丿⿵冂米丂 2nd round simp. (1981) 𡩭 𦉿

Related to 越 (OC *ɢʷad, “Yue; Viet”). See there for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yue²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jyut⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yot⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): yot⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ye̍t / ya̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yad⁶

• Jin (Wiktionary): yeh⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): ṳĕ
• Eastern Min (BUC): uŏk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uêg⁸ / uag⁸

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸yuq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ye⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴
    • Yale: ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
    • Palladius: юэ (jue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yue²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ye
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ye²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶
    • Yale: yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yot⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jᵘɔt̚³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: yot⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yɵt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ye̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: ied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯et̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ya̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯at̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /iat̚⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: yeh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /yəʔ²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yɛ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: uŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uoʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oat
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /uat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /uat̚²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uêg⁸ / uag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ue̍k / ua̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uek̚⁴/, /uak̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸yuq
    • MiniDict: yuih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhyq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦyɪʔ¹²/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ye⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y̯e̞²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: hjwot

Rime
Character	粵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	王伐切
Baxter	hjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuat̚/
Li Rong	/ɣiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyut6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷad/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	粵
Reading #	1/1
No.	16341
Phonetic component	粵
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	越
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷad/
Notes	金文作雩，隸變轉註分化字

Definitions

粵

1. (historical) Yue people; Baiyue people
2. Guangdong

   粵語／粤语  ―  yuèyǔ  ―  Cantonese language

3. Guangdong and Guangxi

   兩粵／两粤  ―  liǎngyuè  ―  Guangdong and Guangxi

4. Short for 粵語／粤语 (yuèyǔ, “Cantonese”).

   粵音／粤音  ―  yuèyīn  ―  Cantonese pronunciation

   精通國粵英／精通国粤英  ―  jīngtōng Guó Yuè Yīng  ―  fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, and English

5. (informal, punning) Alternative form of 越 (“more”), usually in reference to the Cantonese language. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

   要我哋收聲，我哋粵大聲！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   要我哋收声，我哋粤大声！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   jiu³ ngo⁵ dei⁶ sau¹ seng¹, ngo⁵ dei⁶ jyut⁶ daai⁶ seng¹! [Jyutping]

   If you want us to shut up, we'll be even louder! (a 2010 slogan protesting restriction of usage of Cantonese)

   《粵講越掂》 [Cantonese, trad.]
   《粤讲越掂》 [Cantonese, simp.]

   “jyut⁶ gong² jyut⁶ dim⁶” [Jyutping]

   "the more you speak, the steadier [your Cantonese becomes]" (the name of a TV show by GDTV Pearl River Channel focusing on the Cantonese language)

   《粵講粵㜺鬼》 [Cantonese, trad.]
   《粤讲粤𫲗鬼》 [Cantonese, simp.]

   “jyut⁶ gong² jyut⁶ zaan² gwai²” [Jyutping]

   "Cantoxicating" (the name of a TV show by TVB)

   • (Can we date this quote?), “央廣粵語”, in Facebook‎^[1]:

     粵聽粵有feel／粤听粤有feel [Cantonese]  ―  jyut⁶ teng¹ jyut⁶ jau⁵ fiu¹ [Jyutping]  ―  the more one listens, the more one feels it

Compounds

• 兩粵／两粤 (Liǎngyuè)
• 百粵／百粤 (Bǎiyuè)
• 粵劇／粤剧 (yuèjù)
• 粵北／粤北 (Yuèběi)
• 粵匪／粤匪 (yuèfěi)
• 粵寇／粤寇
• 粵嶠／粤峤
• 粵方言／粤方言 (yuèfāngyán)
• 粵曲／粤曲 (yuèqǔ)
• 粵東／粤东 (Yuèdōng)
• 粵江／粤江 (Yuèjiāng)
• 粵江流域／粤江流域
• 粵海／粤海 (Yuèhǎi)
• 粵漢鐵路／粤汉铁路
• 粵犬吠雪／粤犬吠雪
• 粵省／粤省 (Yuèshěng)
• 粵祝／粤祝
• 粵秀山／粤秀山
• 粵繡／粤绣
• 粵胡／粤胡 (yuèhú)
• 粵菜／粤菜 (yuècài)
• 粵西／粤西 (Yuèxī)
• 粵語／粤语 (yuèyǔ)
• 粵謳／粤讴 (yuè'ōu)

 

Etymology 2

trad.		粵
simp.		粤
alternative forms		𠿋 𡩭

Related to the particles 曰 (OC *ɢʷad) and 越 (OC *ɢʷad). Smith (2012) proposes this to be derived from the prepositional phrase *于之 (OC *ɢʷa tjɯ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴
    • Yale: ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
    • Palladius: юэ (jue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶
    • Yale: yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: hjwot

Rime
Character	粵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	王伐切
Baxter	hjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuat̚/
Li Rong	/ɣiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyut6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷad/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	粵
Reading #	1/1
No.	16341
Phonetic component	粵
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	越
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷad/
Notes	金文作雩，隸變轉註分化字

Definitions

粵

1. ^† A particle.
   1. Used in the beginning of a clause to express a prudent tone.

      • 粵其聞日，宗室之俊有四百人，民獻儀九萬夫，予敬以終於此謀繼嗣圖功。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
        粤其闻日，宗室之俊有四百人，民献仪九万夫，予敬以终于此谋继嗣图功。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

        From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

        Yuè qí wén rì, zōngshì zhī jùn yǒu sì bǎi rén, mín xiànyí jiǔ wàn fū, yǔ jìng yǐ zhōng yú cǐ móu jìsì túgōng. [Pinyin]

        (please add an English translation of this usage example)

      • 粵以四月甲申朔旬有六日己亥，上及中宮，歷覽臺觀。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
        粤以四月甲申朔旬有六日己亥，上及中宫，历览台观。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

        From: 632 C.E., 魏徵 (Wei Zheng) 《九成宮醴泉碑銘》

        Yuè yǐ sìyuè jiǎ shēn shuò xún yǒu liù rì jǐhài, shàng jí zhōnggōng, lì lǎn tái guān. [Pinyin]

        (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   2. Used in the middle of a clause. (clarification of this definition is needed)

      • 尚粵其幾，淪神域兮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
        尚粤其几，沦神域兮。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

        From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

        Shàng yuè qí jǐ, lún shén yù xī. [Pinyin]

        (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

• 粵若／粤若
• 粵若稽古／粤若稽古

 

Etymology 3

trad.		粵
simp.		粤
alternative forms		𡩭

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴
    • Yale: ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
    • Palladius: юэ (jue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶
    • Yale: yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: hjwot

Rime
Character	粵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	王伐切
Baxter	hjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuat̚/
Li Rong	/ɣiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyut6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷat/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷad/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	粵
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yuè
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwot ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷat/
English	generous, favorable
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	粵
Reading #	1/1
No.	16341
Phonetic component	粵
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	越
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷad/
Notes	金文作雩，隸變轉註分化字

Definitions

粵

1. ^† generous; favourable

Compounds

• 粵宛／粤宛

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03064
• “粵”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

粵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): えつ (etsu); おち (ochi)
• Kun: ここに (kokoni, 粵に)

Korean

Hanja

粵 (eumhun 말이 내킬 월 (mari naekil wol))

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Vietnamese

Han character

粵: Hán Nôm readings: việt

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