繇

繇 U+7E47, 繇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E47 ← 繆 [U+7E46] CJK Unified Ideographs 繈 → [U+7E48]

Translingual

Han character

繇 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月山竹女火 (BUHVF), four-corner 2279₃, composition ⿰䍃系)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 937, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27856
• Dae Jaweon: page 1377, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3446, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7E47

Chinese

trad.		繇
simp. #		繇
alternative forms		䌛 𧪬 𦅸 𦅹 䌊

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
繇	*lɯːw, *l'ɯws, *lɯw
蘨	*lɯːw, *lɯw
櫾	*lɯw, *lɯws

Originally written 䌛. Now phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lɯːw, *l'ɯws, *lɯw) : phonetic 䍃 () + semantic 系.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáo (yao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
    • Wade–Giles: yao²
    • Yale: yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴
    • Yale: yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yew, yuw

Rime
Character	繇	繇
Reading #	1/3	2/3
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	餘昭切	以周切
Baxter	yew	yuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇu/	/jɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛu/	/jiu/
Shao Rongfen	/jæu/	/iəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaw/	/juw/
Li Rong	/iɛu/	/iu/
Wang Li	/jĭɛu/	/jĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛu/	/i̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo	yóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu4	jau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lɯːw/, /*lɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繇	繇
Reading #	1/3	3/3
No.	14721	14725
Phonetic component	繇	繇
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	遙	猷
Old Chinese	/*lɯːw/	/*lɯw/
Notes		曾憲通說金文象鼬初文

Definitions

繇

1. (literary) Alternative form of 徭 (yáo, “corvee”)

   • 高祖以吏繇咸陽，吏皆送奉錢三，何獨以五。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     高祖以吏繇咸阳，吏皆送奉钱三，何独以五。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

     Gāozǔ yǐ lì yáo Xiányáng, lì jiē sòng fèng qián sān, Hé dú yǐ wǔ. [Pinyin]

     Gaozu, as a petty official, was about to go to Xianyang for forced labour. The other petty officials all gave him the money of three [hundred maces]; He alone [gave] five.

2. (literary) Alternative form of 謠／谣 (yáo, “folk song”)
3. (obsolete, of vegetation) lush; flourishing

   alt. forms: 蘨 (yáo)

4. ^† Alternative form of 搖／摇 (yáo, “to shake”)
5. ^† Alternative form of 陶 (yáo)

Compounds

• 咎繇 (Gāoyáo)
• 外繇
• 皋繇 (Gāoyáo)
• 繇俗
• 繇役 (yáoyì)
• 繇戍
• 繇賦／繇赋
• 臯繇 (Gāoyáo)
• 輕繇薄賦／轻繇薄赋

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóu (you²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóu
    • Wade–Giles: yu²
    • Yale: yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: you
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴
    • Yale: yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yuw

Rime
Character	繇
Reading #	2/3
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

  (Zhengzhang): /*lɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繇
Reading #	3/3
No.	14725
Phonetic component	繇
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	猷
Old Chinese	/*lɯw/
Notes	曾憲通說金文象鼬初文

Definitions

繇

1. (literary) Alternative form of 由 (yóu)
2. ^† Alternative form of 猷 (yóu, “method; means”)

Compounds

• 優繇／优繇 (yōuyóu)
• 根繇 (gēnyóu)
• 無繇／无繇 (wúyóu)
• 繇來／繇来 (yóulái)
• 繇是 (yóushì)
• 繇此 (yóucǐ)
• 自繇 (zìyóu)
• 自繇自在 (zìyóuzìzài)

 

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòu (zhou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòu
    • Wade–Giles: chou⁴
    • Yale: jòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
    • Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau⁶
    • Yale: jauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: drjuwH

Rime
Character	繇
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直祐切
Baxter	drjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuwH/
Li Rong	/ȡiuH/
Wang Li	/ȡĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繇
Reading #	2/3
No.	14723
Phonetic component	繇
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	胄
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯws/

Definitions

繇

1. (historical) words of divination; interpretation of hexagrams

   alt. forms: 籀 (zhòu)

Compounds

• 五繇
• 繇文
• 繇詞／繇词
• 繇辭／繇辞

 

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōu (you¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ

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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/

Definitions

繇

1. (alt. form 悠) Used in 繇繇.

Compounds

• 繇繇

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03450
• “繇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

繇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. reason
2. cause

Readings

• On (unclassified): よう (yō); ゆう (yū); ゆ (yu); ちゅう (chū); じゅ (ju)
• Kun: したがう (shitagau)

Korean

Hanja

繇 (eum 요 (yo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

繇: Hán Nôm readings: diêu

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