有

有 (radical 74, 月+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大月 (KB), four-corner 4022₇, composition ⿸𠂇月)

Despite the technically-correct radical being ⺼ (“meat”) as described in this entry’s glyph origin section, 有 is associated with the radical 月 (“moon”) in dictionaries for historical reasons and is likewise written as if it contained the 月 radical, i.e. it has 二 instead of 冫 inside of 冂.

• KangXi: page 504, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14332
• Dae Jaweon: page 880, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2041, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6709

Historical forms of the character 有
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu Slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意)  and phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷɯʔ) : phonetic 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “hand”) + semantic ⺼ (“meat”) – a hand holding meat, hence “in possession of”. The hand shape has been significantly abstracted; compare 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs).

Alternatively, the graph was perhaps originally intended for the word 醢 (OC *qʰɯːʔ, “minced pickled meat”), which also has the 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs) element as phonetic.

Shuowen Jiezi and other ancient sources have erroneously analyzed the character as a phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷɯʔ) : phonetic 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs) + semantic 月 (“moon”). Shuowen Jiezi defines 有 as "不宜有也" ("[to have something that] not should be had"), citing the Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋傳): "日月有食之" ("There are solar and lunar eclipses"). As eclipses were not auspicious to the Chinese, they were "something that should not be happening". The 月 component alludes to the inauspicious lunar eclipse.

Possibly Sino-Tibetan. Compare Tibetan ཡོད (yod, “to be; to have”). Related to:

• 侑 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “to offer, to sacrifice”) [causative, i.e. “to cause to have”]
• 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “again”) [adverbial]
• 或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ, “some; or”) [indefinite]

有

1. to have; to possess (when a subject is present)

   Antonyms: 無／无 (wú)

   我有兩輛車。 / 我有两辆车。  ―  Wǒ yǒu liǎng liàng chē.  ―  I have two cars.

   大象有著長長的鼻子。 [MSC, trad.]
   大象有着长长的鼻子。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dàxiàng yǒuzhe chángcháng de bízi. [Pinyin]

   Elephants have long trunks.

   • 甘橘，大厘城有之，其味酸。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 7, part 7

     Gānjú, Dàlí chéng yǒu zhī, qí wèi suān. [Pinyin]

     Dali City has sweet tangerines, but their flavour is sour.

2. there is; to exist (when a subject is absent)

   有很多人。  ―  Yǒu hěn duō rén.  ―  There are a lot of people.

   這兒有書嗎？ / 这儿有书吗？  ―  Zhèr yǒu shū ma?  ―  Are there any books here?

   這裡有著清新的空氣。 [MSC, trad.]
   这里有着清新的空气。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhèlǐ yǒuzhe qīngxīn de kōngqì. [Pinyin]

   There is fresh air here.

3. (euphemistic) to be pregnant with a child
4. abundant; affluent
5. many; much; (of time) long; (of age) old
6. some (indefinite pronoun)
7. (literary or dialectal) Placed before a verb to emphasize that the action has been done.

   古語有云 / 古语有云  ―  gǔyǔ yǒu yún  ―  as the saying goes (lit. the old saying has said)

   • 伊拄才有出來。 [Min Nan, trad.]
     伊拄才有出来。 [Min Nan, simp.]

     I tú-chiah ū chhut-lâi. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     He did come just now.

   • 我有去過海洋公園。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我有去过海洋公园。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     Ngo⁵ jau⁵ heoi³ gwo³ hoi² joeng⁴ gung¹ jyun^4-2. [Jyutping]

     I have been to Ocean Park.

8. A surname​.

   有子  ―  Yǒuzǐ  ―  Philosopher You

9. A meaningless prefix.

   有夏  ―  yǒuxià  ―  China

• In Mandarin, 有 is the only verb not negated with 不 (bù). It is negated with 沒／没 (méi).

我沒有錢 / 我没有钱  ―  wǒ méiyǒu qián  ―  I don't have any money

有

1. ^† Alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”).
2. ^† Alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”).

   • 吾十有五而志於學，三十而立。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     吾十有五而志于学，三十而立。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, circa 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wú shí yòu wǔ ér zhì yú xué, sānshí ér lì. [Pinyin]

     When I was 10 and 5 years (15 years old), I devoted myself to study. At the age of 30, I established myself (got a job and started a family).

• 　“Entry #2449”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. exist
2. get to exist; appear
3. keep; maintain
4. existence; belonging
5. someone did certain thing
6. possess
7. have
8. happen
9. occur
10. approximately

• Go-on: う (u, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ゆう (yū, Jōyō)^{←いう (iu, historical)}
• Kun: ある (aru, 有る, Jōyō); もつ (motsu, 有つ); たもつ (tamotsu, 有つ)
• Nanori: あり (ari); すみ (sumi); たもつ (tamotsu); とお (tō); とも (tomo); なお (nao); なり (nari); みち (michi); もち (mochi); り (ri)

• 有 (あ)る (aru)

From Middle Chinese 有 (MC ɦɨu^X). The sense “and, with a remainder of” is from Middle Chinese 有 / 又 (MC ɦɨu^H).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) ゆ​う [yúꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝː]

有 (hiragana ゆう, rōmaji yū, historical hiragana いう)

1. exist
2. have; possess; own
3. (between numbers) and; with a remainder of

有 (hiragana ゆう, rōmaji yū, historical hiragana いう)

1. existence
2. possession
3. (Buddhism) Synonym of 有 (u)
4. Short for 有限会社 (yūgengaisha, “limited company”).

From Middle Chinese 有 (MC ɦɨu^X).

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) う​ [úꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝ]

有 (hiragana う, rōmaji u)

1. exist
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有 (hiragana う, rōmaji u)

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有 (hiragana なお, rōmaji Nao)

1. A female given name

有 (eumhun 있을 유 (isseul yu))

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有

• Kun: あん (有ん, an)

有

• Kun: あーㇲ゙ (有ーㇲ゙, āz)

有

• Kun: あん (有ん, an)

有: Hán Việt readings: hữu[1][2][3]
有: Nôm readings: hữu[1][3][4][5], hỡi[2][6], hơi[2]

1. Hán tự form of hữu (“to have; to own”).

有

• Kun: あん (有ん, an)

有

• Kun: あん (有ん, an)