# 娛

| 娛 | U+5A1B, &#23067; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A1B |
| ← 娚 [U+5A1A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 娜 → [U+5A1C] |
| 娛 | U+2F863, &#194659; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F863 |
| ← 姬 [U+2F862] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 娧 → [U+2F864] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 娛 |
| Shinjitai | 娯 |
| Simplified | 娱 |

### Han character

娛 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女口女大 (VRVK), four-corner 4648$_1$, composition ⿰女吳)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 262, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6307
* Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1051, character 8
* Unihan data for U+5A1B
* Unihan data for U+2F863

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 吳 | *ŋʷaː |
| 蜈 | *ŋʷaː |
| 鋘 | *ŋʷaː, *ŋʷraː |
| 麌 | *ŋʷaː, *ŋʷaʔ |
| 祦 | *ŋaː |
| 誤 | *ŋʷaːs |
| 悞 | *ŋʷaːs |
| 娛 | *ŋʷaːs, *ŋʷa |
| 虞 | *ŋʷa |
| 澞 | *ŋʷa |
| 鸆 | *ŋʷa |
| 俁 | *ŋʷaʔ |
| 噳 | *ŋʷaʔ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yú, yù (yu$^2$, yu$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ, ㄩˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yu$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jyu$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngui$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): nyy$^4$ / u$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ngu$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): y$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): ngṳ̂
* Eastern Min (BUC): ngṳ̀
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): gû / gî / gô͘ / ngô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): u$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gniu; $^6$yu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): y$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yú
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yú
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^2$
*** Yale: yú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yù
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yù
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^4$
*** Yale: yù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: yu$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: y
*** Sinological IPA : /y²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyu$^4$
*** Yale: yùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jy$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyː²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ngui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡui²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: nyy$^4$ / u$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /n̠ʲy³⁵/, /u³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngu
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋu⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ngu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋu¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: y$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /y⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngṳ̂
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋy³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ngṳ̀
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋy⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû
*** Tâi-lô: gû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: guu
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ɡu²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî
*** Tâi-lô: gî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gii
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi¹³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô͘
*** Tâi-lô: gôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘
*** Tâi-lô: ngôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ngoo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: u$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: û
*** Sinological IPA : /u⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gniu; $^6$yu
*** MiniDict: nyu$^去$; yu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nyy; $^3$hhy
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲy²³/, /ɦy²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: y$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /y¹³/
* Middle Chinese: ngju, nguH
Rime :
| Character | 娛 | 娛 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 虞俱切 | 五故切 |
| Baxter | ngju | nguH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋɨo/ | /ŋuo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋio/ | /ŋuo$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋio/ | /ŋo$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋuə̆/ | /ŋɔ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋio/ | /ŋo$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋĭu/ | /ŋu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ŋi̯u/ | /ŋuo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yú | wù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyu$^4$ | ng$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋʷ(r)a/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋʷaːs/, /*ŋʷa/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 娛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ngju › |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋʷ(r)a/ |
| English | rejoice |
| 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 | 娛 | 娛 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 13101 | 13104 |
| Phonetic component | 吴 | 吴 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 誤 | |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋʷaːs/ | /*ŋʷa/ |

### Definitions

娛
* to amuse; to entertain
* amusing; entertaining
* amusement; enjoyment; pleasure
* entertainment

#### Compounds

* 動心娛目／动心娱目
* 娛娛／娱娱
* 娛悅／娱悦 (yúyuè)
* 娛樂／娱乐 (yúlè)
* 娛樂場所／娱乐场所
* 娛樂片／娱乐片
* 娛樂稅／娱乐税
* 娛老／娱老
* 娛親／娱亲
* 怡然自娛／怡然自娱
* 悅心娛目／悦心娱目
* 悅目娛心／悦目娱心
* 戲綵娛親／戏彩娱亲
* 文娛活動／文娱活动
* 歡娛／欢娱 (huānyú)
* 綵衣娛親／彩衣娱亲
* 老萊娛親／老莱娱亲
* 耳目之娛／耳目之娱
* 自娛／自娱 (zìyú)
* 自娛娛人／自娱娱人
* 逍遙自娛／逍遥自娱

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 娯 |
| Kyūjitai | 娛 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 娯)
* recreation

#### Readings

* Kan-on: ぐ (gu)
* On: ぐ (gu)、ご (go)
* Kun: たのしみ (tanoshimi, 娛しみ)、たのしむ (tanoshimu, 娛しむ)

#### Usage notes

This character has never been used in Japanese and lacks essential JIS support. Tha variant 娯 is used instead.

## Korean
### Hanja

娛 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

娛: Hán Nôm readings: ngu
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