攸

攸 U+6538, 攸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6538 ← 攷 [U+6537] CJK Unified Ideographs 改 → [U+6539]

Translingual

Han character

攸 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人中人大 (OLOK), four-corner 2824₀, composition ⿲亻丨攵)

Descendants

• 修 脩 筱 條 㫍 䀺 跾 倏 儵 悠 鯈 𠤼 絛 鋚

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 468, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13113
• Dae Jaweon: page 816, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 132, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6538

Chinese

simp. and trad.		攸

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 攸
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
絛	*l̥ʰɯːw
窱	*ʔl'ɯːwʔ, *l̥ʰɯːws
蓧	*l̥ʰɯːw, *l'ɯːwɢ
條	*l'ɯːw
鋚	*l'ɯːw
鞗	*l'ɯːw
樤	*l'ɯːw
鰷	*l'ɯːw
莜	*l'ɯːws
翛	*slɯːw, *hljɯwɢ
筱	*slɯːwʔ
篠	*slɯːwʔ
修	*slɯw
脩	*slɯw
樇	*slɯw
滫	*slɯwʔ
悠	*lɯw
攸	*lɯw
浟	*lɯw
蓨	*l̥ʰɯːwɢ
滌	*l'ɯːwɢ
儵	*hljɯwɢ
倐	*hljɯwɢ
倏	*hljɯwɢ
虪	*hljɯwɢ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 人 + 攴. Pouring water on a person's back to wash it off and perform a purification ceremony, the original character of 滌.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōu (you¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iu / iû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiun¹ / hiu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: you
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹
    • Yale: yōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iou
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴
    • Yale: yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu / iû
    • Tâi-lô: iu / iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iw, iuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁴⁴/, /iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu³³/, /iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁴⁴/, /iu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu⁴⁴/, /iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴⁴/, /iu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiun¹ / hiu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiuⁿ / hiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hĩũ³³/, /hiu³³/

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• Middle Chinese: yuw

Rime
Character	攸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以周切
Baxter	yuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/jiu/
Shao Rongfen	/iəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juw/
Li Rong	/iu/
Wang Li	/jĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*liw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lɯw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	攸
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yōu
Middle Chinese	‹ yuw ›
Old Chinese	/*liw/
English	place where
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	攸
Reading #	1/1
No.	15480
Phonetic component	攸
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	猷
Old Chinese	/*lɯw/

Definitions

攸 (literary)

1. place; place where

   • 王在靈囿，麀鹿攸伏，麀鹿濯濯，白鳥鶴鶴。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     王在灵囿，麀鹿攸伏，麀鹿濯濯，白鸟鹤鹤。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Wáng zài líng yòu, yōulù yōu fú, yōulù zhuózhuó, báiniǎo hèhè. [Pinyin]

     The king was in the marvelous menagerie, the place where the does resided. The does were sleek, the white birds were glistening.

2. what/that which is […] ; indicates the patient of the verb, synonym of 所 (suǒ)

   四方攸同  ―  sìfāng yōu tóng  ―  all is harmonious in the world

   性命攸關／性命攸关  ―  xìngmìng yōuguān  ―  a matter of life and death

   • 汝不能敬命，予大罰殛之，無有攸赦。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     汝不能敬命，予大罚殛之，无有攸赦。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Rǔ bù néng jìng mìng, yǔ dà fá jí zhī, wú yǒu yōu shè. [Pinyin]

     Should you be unable to respect my command, I shall carry out the great penalty of execution for it. There will be no forgiveness.

   • 忠不終而躬逆，焉攸令？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     忠不终而躬逆，焉攸令？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Yang Xiong, Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings), 9 CE

     Zhōng bù zhōng ér gōng nì, yān yōu lìng? [Pinyin]

     One's loyalty is incomplete, and one rebels in person; how is that something good?

3. (ideophonic, of water) gently flowing

   河水攸攸  ―  héshuǐ yōuyōu  ―  the stream ebbs and flows

4. (ideophonic) sprinting; quick

   攸然而逝  ―  yōurán ér shì  ―  past and gone

5. (loanword, Taiwan) yocto- (SI unit prefix)
6. Alternative form of 悠 (yōu, “distant”)

See also

SI prefix
Last		Next
介/仄	攸/幺	絨/柔／绒/柔

Japanese

Kanji

攸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. relaxed, at ease
2. place

Readings

• Go-on: ゆ (yu)
• Kan-on: ゆう (yū)^{←いう (iu, historical)}
• Kun: ところ (tokoro, 攸)

Korean

Hanja

攸 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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See also

• 修 - 悠 - 倏 - 脩 - 條 - 筱

Vietnamese

Han character

攸: Hán Nôm readings: du, đu

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