# 彧

| 彧 | U+5F67, &#24423; 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 5310$_0$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (yu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): juk$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yù
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yù
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^4$
*** Yale: yù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: juk$^1$
*** Yale: yūk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: juk$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yug$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔi̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | juk$^1$ |
* 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
* cultured; refined; accomplished
* elegant; gracious
* luxuriant; exuberant; lush

### Compounds

* 彧彧

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* refined
* cultured
* polished

#### 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