# 佑

| 佑 | U+4F51, &#20305; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F51 |
| ← 佐 [U+4F50] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 佒 → [U+4F52] |

## Translingual
### Han character

佑 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人大口 (OKR) or 難人大口 (XOKR), four-corner 2426$_0$, composition ⿰亻右)

#### Derived characters

* 㐛, 𫈈, 𫳌, 𭹐

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 507
* Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 131, character 2
* Unihan data for U+4F51

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 絠 | *kɯːʔ |
| 醢 | *qʰɯːʔ |
| 珛 | *qʰʷɯs |
| 栯 | *ɢʷɯʔ, *qʷɯ |
| 有 | *ɢʷɯʔ |
| 友 | *ɢʷɯʔ |
| 右 | *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs |
| 宥 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 囿 | *ɢʷɯs, *ɡʷɯ |
| 侑 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 酭 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 姷 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 又 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 佑 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 祐 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 賄 | *qʰʷɯːʔ |
| 蛕 | *qʰʷɯːʔ, *ɡʷɯː |
| 烠 | *ɡʷɯː |
| 倄 | *ɢraːw, *ɢʷɯːʔ |
| 鮪 | *ɢʷɯʔ |
| 洧 | *ɢʷɯʔ |
| 痏 | *ɢʷɯʔ |
| 郁 | *qʷɯ |
| 戫 | *qʷɯ |
| 哊 | *ɡʷɯ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷɯs) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs).

### Etymology

Exoactive derivation of 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs, “right”).
“Right” and “left” are metaphors for “to assist” via the following semantic development: “left or right” > “to be on the left or right of a person” > “to assist, to help, to protect”.
Compare the derivation of 佐 (OC *ʔsaːls, “to assist; to help”) from 左 (OC *ʔsaːlʔ, *ʔsaːls, “left”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yòu (you$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): you$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jau$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): iū
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iu$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yeu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yòu
*** Wade–Giles: yu$^4$
*** Yale: yòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
*** Palladius: ю (ju)
*** Sinological IPA : /joʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: you$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iu
*** Sinological IPA : /iəu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^6$
*** Yale: yauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iū
*** Tâi-lô: iū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iu
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iu²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iu³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: iu$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iŭ
*** Sinological IPA : /iu³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yeu
*** MiniDict: yeu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhieu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²³/
* Middle Chinese: hjuwH
Rime :
| Character | 佑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 于救切 |
| Baxter | hjuwH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɨu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦiu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiəu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦuw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭəu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /i̯ə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jau$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 佑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yòu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hjuw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s/ |
| English | assist |
| 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 | 佑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15605 |
| Phonetic component | 又 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 宥 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷɯs/ |

### Definitions

佑
* to assist; to help; to protect
    From: The Firmament of the Pleiades
    Tiān yòu wú mín! Tiān yòu wú huáng! [Pinyin]
    God save my people! God save my emperor!
* (alt. form 祐) to bless
* a surname
* (Taiwan) yotta- (SI unit prefix)
    Synonym: 堯／尧 (yáo) (Mainland)

### Compounds

* 不佑 (bùyòu)
* 佑來／佑来
* 保佑 (bǎoyòu)
* 冥佑
* 天佑 (Tiānyòu)
* 孚佑
* 庇佑 (bìyòu)
* 敷佑
* 眷佑 (juànyòu)
* 神天福佑
* 護國佑民／护国佑民 (hùguóyòumín)
* 鄰佑／邻佑

### References

* “佑”, 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

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* To help

#### Readings

* Go-on: う (u)
* Kan-on: ゆう (yū)
* Kun: たすける (tasukeru, 佑ける)、すけ (suke)

### Proper noun

佑(ゆう) • (Yū)
* a male given name

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [u]
* Phonetic hangul: [우]

### Hanja

Wikisource 佑 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

佑: Hán Nôm readings: hữu, hựu
* to assist; to help