# 呦

| 呦 | U+5466, &#21606; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5466 |
| ← 呥 [U+5465] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 呧 → [U+5467] |

## Translingual
### Han character

呦 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口女戈尸 (RVIS), four-corner 6402$_7$, composition ⿰口幼)
* the bleating of the deer

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 181, character 32
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3437
* Dae Jaweon: page 400, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 610, character 10
* Unihan data for U+5466

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 黝 | *qliw, *qrɯwʔ |
| 坳 | *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws |
| 軪 | *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws |
| 眑 | *qrɯːw, *qrɯwʔ |
| 拗 | *qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws |
| 鴢 | *qrɯːwʔ, *qɯːwʔ |
| 靿 | *qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws |
| 狕 | *qrɯːwʔ |
| 袎 | *qrɯːws |
| 怮 | *qɯːw, *qrɯw, *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ |
| 窈 | *qiːwʔ |
| 苭 | *qɯːwʔ |
| 泑 | *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ |
| 呦 | *qrɯw |
| 蚴 | *qrɯwʔ |
| 幼 | *qrɯws |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yōu (you$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jau$^1$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): iu$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: you
*** Wade–Giles: yu$^1$
*** Yale: yōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iou
*** Palladius: ю (ju)
*** Sinological IPA : /joʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^1$
*** Yale: yāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: iu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /iu⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu
*** Tâi-lô: iu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iu³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: 'jiw
Rime :
| Character | 呦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 幽 (138) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 於虯切 |
| Baxter | 'jiw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔiɪu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔɨu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔieu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔjiw/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔiĕu/ |
| Wang Li | /iəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔieu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yōu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jau$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qrɯw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 呦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15639 |
| Phonetic component | 幼 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 幽 |
| Old Chinese | /*qrɯw/ |

### Definitions

呦
* an expression of surprise or sudden awareness
       Yōu! Nǐ zěnme yě lái le? [Pinyin]
       Hey! Fancy seeing you here.
    呦，飯糊了！／呦，饭糊了！ ― Yōu, fàn hú le! ― Oh no, the rice is burnt.
* (literary) sound of deer (Only used in 呦呦 (yōuyōu).)

#### Compounds

* 呦呦 (yōuyōu)
* 呦嚄說／呦嚄说
* 咿呦

### References

* “呦”, 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–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “呦”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 288.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ゆう (yū)、ゆ (yu)、おう (ō)、よう (yō)
* Kun: むせぶ (musebu)、さけぶ (sakebu)

## Korean
### Hanja

呦 (eum 유 (yu))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

呦: Hán Nôm readings: u, ạo, ao, ào
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