# 妤

| 妤 | U+59A4, &#22948; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59A4 |
| ← 妣 [U+59A3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 妥 → [U+59A5] |

## Translingual
### Han character

妤 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女弓戈弓 (VNIN), four-corner 4742$_2$, composition ⿰女予)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 257, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6105
* Dae Jaweon: page 521, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1034, character 4
* Unihan data for U+59A4

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 野 | *laːʔ, *ɦljaʔ |
| 壄 | *laːʔ |
| 序 | *ljaʔ |
| 抒 | *ljaʔ, *hlja, *ɦljaʔ |
| 芧 | *l'aʔ |
| 杼 | *l'aʔ, *ɦljaʔ |
| 墅 | *ɦljaːʔ |
| 舒 | *hlja |
| 紓 | *hlja, *ɦljaʔ |
| 妤 | *la |
| 伃 | *la |
| 予 | *la, *laʔ |
| 預 | *las |
| 忬 | *las |
| 豫 | *las |
| 蕷 | *las |
| 澦 | *las |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *la) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 予 (OC *la, *laʔ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yú (yu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yì
    (Meixian, Guangdong): yi$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̀
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): û / îr / î
    (Teochew, Peng'im): e$^5$
* 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/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì
*** Hakka Romanization System: i$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /i¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)i$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /i¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̀
*** Sinological IPA : /y⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: û
*** Tâi-lô: û
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /u²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: îr
*** Tâi-lô: îr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɯ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î
*** Tâi-lô: î
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ii
*** IPA (Jinjiang): /i²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: e$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ṳ̂
*** Sinological IPA : /ɯ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: yo
Rime :
| Character | 妤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 以諸切 |
| Baxter | yo |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jɨʌ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jiɔ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /iɔ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jɨə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /iɔ/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭo/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /i̯wo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*la/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 妤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15736 |
| Phonetic component | 予 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 余 |
| Old Chinese | /*la/ |

### Definitions

妤
* Only used in 婕妤 (jiéyú).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): よ (yo)

## Korean
### Hanja

妤 • (yeo) (hangeul 여, revised yeo, McCune–Reischauer yŏ)
* 아름답다(=伃): beautiful, pretty, fair; handsome, good-looking

## Vietnamese
### Han character

妤: Hán Nôm readings: dư
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#### References

* Nom Foundation