禹

禹 U+79B9, 禹
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79B9
← 禸
[U+79B8] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 禺 →
[U+79BA]

Translingual

Han character

禹 (radical 114, 禸+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹中月戈 (HLBI), four-corner 20427)

  1. Yu the Great, legendary founder of the Xia Dynasty

Derived characters

References
  • KangXi: page 848, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24885
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1269, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 39, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+79B9

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 禹

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 禹
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (禹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
踽 *kʷaʔ, *kʰʷaʔ
萭 *kʷaʔ, *ɢʷaʔ
聥 *kʷaʔ, *ɢʷaʔ
楀 *kʷaʔ, *ɢʷaʔ
齲 *kʰʷaʔ
禹 *ɢʷaʔ
瑀 *ɢʷaʔ
鄅 *ɢʷaʔ

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 禹
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 王矩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦioX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦuə̆X/
Li
Rong		 /ɣioX/
Wang
Li		 /ɣĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yǔ
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 禹
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yǔ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hjuX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ/
English insect; proper name

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 禹
Reading # 1/1
No. 15960
Phonetic
component		 禹
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 羽
Old
Chinese		 /*ɢʷaʔ/

Definitions

禹

  1. Name of a Xia Dynasty emperor in ancient China: Emperor Yu, Yu the Great, or Da Yu (大禹).

Compounds
  • 伯禹
  • 劉禹錫／刘禹锡
  • 夏禹
  • 大禹 (Dà Yǔ)
  • 大禹嶺／大禹岭
  • 大禹治水 (Dàyǔ zhìshuǐ)
  • 王禹偁
  • 禹步
  • 禹王 (Yǔwáng)
  • 禹王臺／禹王台
  • 禹甸
  • 禹穴
  • 禹行舜趨／禹行舜趋
  • 禹貢／禹贡
  • 禹跡／禹迹
  • 禹餘糧／禹余粮
  • 貢禹／贡禹
  • 貢禹彈冠／贡禹弹冠

References

Japanese

Kanji
禹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. Name of a Xia Dynasty emperor in ancient China: Emperor Yŭ, Yŭ the Great, or Dà Yŭ.

Readings
  • On (unclassified): う (u)

Compounds
  • 禹域 (ういき) (uiki)
  • 禹穴 (うけつ) (uketsu)
  • 禹行舜趨 (うこうしゅんすう) (ukōshunsū)
  • 禹貢 (うこう) (ukō)
  • 禹 (う)歩 (ほ) (uho)
  • 禹余糧 (うよりょう) (uyoryō)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

禹 (hiragana う, rōmaji U)

  1. Yu the Great, legendary founder of the Xia Dynasty in ancient China

Further reading

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. (성씨) a surname
  2. (大禹) Yu the Great
  3. (임금) king
  4. (벌레) worm
  5. (곡척) steel square

Usage notes
ko:w: 우 (하나라) #우의 치수사업
  • 禹라는 문자는 본래 도마뱀이나 악어, 용의 모습을 그린 상형문자로, 우의 기원은 황하에 살던 물의 신이라고 보기도 한다.[출처 필요]
우 임금 禹(우)
김경일, 한자교실, 바다출판사, 1999.
  • 더듬이와 꼬리가 긴 곤충 종류의 상형문. 아마도 토템 대상인 듯하다. 역사가 긴 부족.

Vietnamese

Han character

禹 (vũ)

  • 夏禹 Hạ Vũ
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References
  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
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