彧

See also: 或

彧	U+5F67, 彧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F67

← 彦
[U+5F66]

CJK Unified Ideographs

彨 →
[U+5F68]

Translingual

Han character

彧 (Kangxi radical 59, 彡+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈大口一 (IKRM), four-corner 5310₀, composition ⿻或⿱丿丿)

Derived characters

稶𠸹𨪎𪏞𪒃𢒰𣤁𧫊𢞿𫮓𮡃𮩫

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 363, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9983
Dae Jaweon: page 682, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1405, character 13
Unihan data for U+5F67

Chinese

simp. and trad.		彧
alternative forms		㦽𢒰戫𢒖郁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
幗	kʷɯːɡs, kʷrɯːɡ
慖	kʷɯːɡs, kʷrɯːɡ
簂	*kʷɯːɡs
蔮	*kʷɯːɡs
國	*kʷɯːɡ
或	*ɡʷɯːɡ
惑	*ɡʷɯːɡ
蜮	ɡʷɯːɡ, ɢʷrɯɡ
閾	*qʰʷrɯɡ
緎	qʰʷrɯɡ, ɡʷrɯɡ
淢	qʰʷrɯɡ, ɡʷrɯɡ
域	*ɢʷrɯɡ
罭	*ɢʷrɯɡ
棫	*ɡʷrɯɡ
琙	*ɡʷrɯɡ
魊	*ɡʷrɯɡ
馘	*kʷrɯːɡ
聝	*kʷrɯːɡ
膕	*kʷrɯːɡ
摑	*kʷrɯːɡ
漍	*kʷrɯːɡ
嘓	*kʷrɯːɡ
蟈	*kʷrɯːɡ
掝	*qʰʷrɯːɡ
彧	*qʷrɯɡ
稶	*qʷɯɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk¹

Mandarin
- (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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: juk¹
  - Yale: yūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'juwk

Rime
Character	彧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於六切
Baxter	'juwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷək/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʷrɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	彧
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷək/
English	flourishing
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	彧
Reading #	1/1
No.	5572
Phonetic component	或
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	郁
Old Chinese	/*qʷrɯɡ/
Notes	同說文戫

Definitions

彧

Compounds

彧彧

Japanese

Kanji

彧

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

On (unclassified): いく (iku)
Kun: あや (aya)
Nanori: あや (aya)

Korean

Hanja

彧 • (uk) (hangeul 욱, revised uk, McCune–Reischauer uk, Yale wuk)

beautiful coloring, a lovely sheen