雩

Translingual

Han character

雩 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一月一一尸 (MBMMS), four-corner 1072₇, composition ⿱⻗亏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1371, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42212
• Dae Jaweon: page 1878, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4057, character 4
• Unihan data for U+96E9

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Chinese

trad.		雩
simp. #		雩

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 雩
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
瓠	*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
雩	*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
吁	*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	*qʰʷa, *qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú, yù, xū (yu², yu⁴, xu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ, ㄩˋ, ㄒㄩ

• 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/
      
  • (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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syu
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹
    • Yale: syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
• 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: hju, xju

Rime
Character	雩	雩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	羽俱切	況于切
Baxter	hju	xju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨo/	/hɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦio/	/hio/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣio/	/xio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuə̆/	/huə̆/
Li Rong	/ɣio/	/xio/
Wang Li	/ɣĭu/	/xĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯u/	/xi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú	xū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4	heoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷ(r)a/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷla/, /*ɢʷla/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	雩
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yú
Middle Chinese	‹ hju ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷ(r)a/
English	sacrifice for rain
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	雩	雩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15693	15717
Phonetic component	于	于
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	訏	于
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷla/	/*ɢʷla/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 雩

1. to offer sacrifices and pray for rain
2. sacrificial rain dance ceremony

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Japanese

Kanji

雩

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. offer sacrifice for rain

Readings

• On (unclassified): う (u), く (ku), きょ (kyo), こ (ko)
• Kun: あまごい (amagoi)

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Korean

Hanja

雩 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u, Yale wu)

1. a shamanistic service to pray for rain

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Vietnamese

Han character

雩: Hán Việt readings: vu

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References

• Nom Foundation