# 臾

| 臾 | U+81FE, &#33278; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81FE |
| ← 臽 [U+81FD] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 臿 → [U+81FF] |

## Translingual
### Han character

臾 (Kangxi radical 134, 臼+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹難人 (HXO), four-corner 7723$_7$, composition ⿻臼人(GHT) or ⿻𦥑人(JK))
* moment, instant, short while

#### Derived characters

* 𠋟, 㥚, 㳛, 𨺺, 𫐯, 𣈵, 楰, 𣯁, 𤗝, 𤧙, 腴, 𥔢, 𮖜, 𰮻, 𧍳, 諛(谀), 𧰇, 𬁚, 𱄤, 斔, 𮫿
* 斞, 𣢧, 𣮵, 𩀑, 𪃪, 𬽑, 萸, 𭦺, 𥯮, 𦦚, 惥, 𦥳, 䝿, 𨺫, 𩤺, 庾, 瘐, 㔱, 𫭌, 𠏾, 𠑞, 𪼖, 𨖽, 𢊻

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1003, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30178
* Dae Jaweon: page 1459, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3037, character 4
* Unihan data for U+81FE

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 臾 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 萸 | *lo |
| 臾 | *ɡruds, *lo |
| 腴 | *lo |
| 諛 | *lo |
| 楰 | *lo, *loʔ |
| 庾 | *loʔ |
| 斞 | *loʔ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 𦥑 (“two hands”) + 人 (“person”) – two hands dragging a person. Compare 曳.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yú (yu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̀
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ru$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yú
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yú
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^2$
*** Yale: yú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyu$^4$
*** Yale: yùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jy$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyː²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̀
*** Sinological IPA : /y⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ru$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jû
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡zu⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: yu
Rime :
| Character | 臾 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 羊朱切 |
| Baxter | yu |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /io/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /juə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /io/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /i̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)o/
    (Zhengzhang): /*lo/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 臾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ yu › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ](r)o/ |
| English | pull, drag |
| 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 | 臾 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 15823 |
| Phonetic component | 臾 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 逾 |
| Old Chinese | /*lo/ |

#### Definitions

臾
* Used in 須臾／须臾 (xūyú, “a moment; an instant; a short while”).
* (obsolete) to pull; to drag
* Original form of 腴 (yú).
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 上臾
* 屬臾／属臾
* 甌臾／瓯臾
* 臾曳
* 須臾／须臾 (xūyú)
* 顓臾／颛臾 (Zhuānyú)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǒng (yong$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jung$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǒng
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǒng
*** Wade–Giles: yung$^3$
*** Yale: yǔng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeong
*** Palladius: юн (jun)
*** Sinological IPA : /jʊŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jung$^5$
*** Yale: yúhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jung$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yung$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jʊŋ¹³/

#### Definitions

臾
* Only used in 縱臾／纵臾 (zǒngyǒng).

### Pronunciation 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 臾 – see 蕢 (“straw basket; edible amaranth; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 蕢).

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03394
* “臾”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ゆ (yu)
* Kan-on: ゆ (yu)

## Korean
### Hanja

臾 (eum 잠깐 유, 권할 용 (jamkkan yu, gwonhal yong))
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