# 攸

| 攸 | U+6538, &#25912; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6538 |
| ← 攷 [U+6537] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 改 → [U+6539] |

## Translingual
### Han character

攸 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人中人大 (OLOK), four-corner 2824$_0$, composition ⿲亻丨攵)

#### Descendants

* 修 脩 筱 條 㫍 䀺 跾 倏 儵 悠 鯈 𠤼 絛 鋚

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 468, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13113
* Dae Jaweon: page 816, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 132, character 1
* Unihan data for U+6538

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 攸 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 絛 | *l̥ʰɯːw |
| 窱 | *ʔl'ɯːwʔ, *l̥ʰɯːws |
| 蓧 | *l̥ʰɯːw, *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 條 | *l'ɯːw |
| 鋚 | *l'ɯːw |
| 鞗 | *l'ɯːw |
| 樤 | *l'ɯːw |
| 鰷 | *l'ɯːw |
| 莜 | *l'ɯːws |
| 翛 | *slɯːw, *hljɯwɢ |
| 筱 | *slɯːwʔ |
| 篠 | *slɯːwʔ |
| 修 | *slɯw |
| 脩 | *slɯw |
| 樇 | *slɯw |
| 滫 | *slɯwʔ |
| 悠 | *lɯw |
| 攸 | *lɯw |
| 浟 | *lɯw |
| 蓨 | *l̥ʰɯːwɢ |
| 滌 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 儵 | *hljɯwɢ |
| 倐 | *hljɯwɢ |
| 倏 | *hljɯwɢ |
| 虪 | *hljɯwɢ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 人 + 攴. On the version on bronzes, some dots were added, perhaps indicating drops of water (水). There are two possible explanations:
According to the first theory and the version on oracle bones, it represents a person warned by a hand holding a stick symbolizing authority or indicating a stick to threat and beat somebody. Hence, it indicates "warning" (e.g., to fix an unacceptable behaviour) and it's the original version of 修.
However, partly in accordance with the interpretation of Xu Shen and the versions on bronzes, the second theory posits that it represents the act of pouring water on a person's back to wash it off and perform a purification ceremony. The original meaning is preserved in 滌. See also 𥁕.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yōu (you$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jau$^4$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hiu$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): iu / iû
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hiun$^1$ / hiu$^1$
* 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$^4$
*** Yale: yàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯²¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hiu⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu / iû
*** Tâi-lô: iu / iû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iw, iuu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁴⁴/, /iu²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iu³³/, /iu²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁴⁴/, /iu¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iu⁴⁴/, /iu²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴⁴/, /iu²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hiun$^1$ / hiu$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiuⁿ / hiu
*** Sinological IPA : /hĩũ³³/, /hiu³³/
* Middle Chinese: yuw
Rime :
| Character | 攸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 以周切 |
| Baxter | yuw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jiu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /iəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /juw/ |
| Li Rong | /iu/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /i̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yóu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*liw/
    (Zhengzhang): /*lɯw/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 攸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yōu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ yuw › |
| Old Chinese | /*liw/ |
| English | place where |
| 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 | 攸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15480 |
| Phonetic component | 攸 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 猷 |
| Old Chinese | /*lɯw/ |

### Definitions

攸 (literary)
* place; place where
    From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
    Wáng zài líng yòu, yōulù yōu fú, yōulù zhuózhuó, báiniǎo hèhè. [Pinyin]
    The king was in the marvelous menagerie, the place where the does resided. The does were sleek, the white birds were glistening.
* what/that which is […] ; indicates the patient of the verb, synonym of 所 (suǒ)
    四方攸同 ― sìfāng yōu tóng ― all is harmonious in the world
    性命攸關／性命攸关 ― xìngmìng yōuguān ― a matter of life and death
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Rǔ bù néng jìng mìng, yǔ dà fá jí zhī, wú yǒu yōu shè. [Pinyin]
    Should you be unable to respect my command, I shall carry out the great penalty of execution for it. There will be no forgiveness.
    From: Yang Xiong, Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings), 9 CE
    Zhōng bù zhōng ér gōng nì, yān yōu lìng? [Pinyin]
    One's loyalty is incomplete, and one rebels in person; how is that something good?
* (ideophonic, of water) gently flowing
    河水攸攸 ― héshuǐ yōuyōu ― the stream ebbs and flows
* (ideophonic) sprinting; quick
    攸然而逝 ― yōurán ér shì ― past and gone
* (loanword, Taiwan) yocto- (SI unit prefix)
* Alternative form of 悠 (yōu, “distant”)

### Compounds

* 彝倫攸斁／彝伦攸𭣧
* 攸攸
* 攸敘／攸叙
* 攸斁／攸𭣧
* 攸然
* 攸關／攸关 (yōuguān)
* 眾望攸歸／众望攸归
* 罪有攸歸／罪有攸归
* 責有攸歸／责有攸归

#### See also

SI prefix :
| Last | | Next |
| 介/仄 | 攸/幺 | 絨/柔／绒/柔 |

### References

* “攸”, 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), “攸”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 288.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* relaxed, at ease
* place

#### Readings

* Go-on: ゆ (yu)
* Kan-on: ゆう (yū)
* Kun: ところ (tokoro, 攸)

## Korean
### Hanja

攸 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)
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### See also

* 修 - 悠 - 倏 - 脩 - 條 - 筱

## Vietnamese
### Han character

攸: Hán Nôm readings: du, đu
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