# 游

| 游 | U+6E38, &#28216; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E38 |
| ← 渷 [U+6E37] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 渹 → [U+6E39] |

## Translingual
### Han character

游 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水卜尸木 (EYSD), four-corner 3814$_7$, composition ⿰氵斿)

#### Derived characters

* 𣛦, 𪆎

#### Related characters

* 遊 (Variant form of 游 in mainland China)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 635, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17792
* Dae Jaweon: page 1042, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1684, character 8
* Unihan data for U+6E38

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 游 | *lu |
| 遊 | *lu |
| 蝣 | *lu |
| 斿 | *lu |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lu) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 斿 (OC *lu). However, the phonetic component has a reference to travelling, hence it adds part of the meaning.

### Etymology 1

From Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Tibetan རྒྱུ་བ (rgyu ba, “to walk; to wander”), Lepcha ᰚᰪᰌᰦ (yŭ-da, “to flow”), Rawang yø (“to flow”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Same word as 遊 (OC *lu, “to roam; to travel”). Cognate with 流 (OC *ru, “to flow”), 泅 (OC *lju). Probably unrelated to 油 (OC *lɯw, “abundant”), 滺 (“flowing”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yóu (you$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): you$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jau$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): yiu$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yù
    (Meixian, Guangdong): yu$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): iou$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): iǔ
* Eastern Min (BUC): iù
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): iu$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): iû
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iu$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yeu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): iou$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yóu
*** Wade–Giles: yu$^2$
*** Yale: yóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: you
*** Palladius: ю (ju)
*** Sinological IPA : /joʊ̯³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: you$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iu
*** Sinological IPA : /iəu²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^4$
*** Yale: yàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: yiu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiu²²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù
*** Hakka Romanization System: iu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯u¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /iu¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: iou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /iəu¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iǔ
*** Sinological IPA : /iu²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: iù
*** Sinological IPA : /ieu⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: iu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /iu¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Nan'an, Jinjiang, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû
*** Tâi-lô: iû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iuu
*** IPA (Zhangpu): /iu²¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Nan'an, Jinjiang, Taipei): /iu²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: iu$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iû
*** Sinological IPA : /iu⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yeu
*** MiniDict: yeu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhieu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: iou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /i̯əu̯¹³/
* Middle Chinese: yuw
Rime :
| Character | 游 |
| 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yóu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[N-]ru/
    (Zhengzhang): /*lu/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 游 | 游 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yóu | yóu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ yuw › | ‹ yuw › |
| Old Chinese | /*[N-]ru/ | /*[N-]ru/ |
| English | float, swim | float, swim |
| 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 | 游 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15545 |
| Phonetic component | 斿 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 猷 |
| Old Chinese | /*lu/ |

#### Definitions

游
* to swim
    他游得最遠。／他游得最远。 ― Tā yóu dé zuì yuǎn. ― He swam the furthest.
       Tāmen yīqǐ yóu xiàng nà sōu chuán. [Pinyin]
       Together they swam to the ship.
* reach; part of a river
    上游 ― shàngyóu ― upper reach, upstream
    下游 ― xiàyóu ― lower reach, downstream
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 游伴
* 游標／游标 (yóubiāo)
* 游標卡尺／游标卡尺 (yóubiāo kǎchǐ)
* 游水 (yóushuǐ)
* 游泳 (yóuyǒng)
* 游泳帽
* 游泳池 (yóuyǒngchí)
* 游泳衣 (yóuyǒngyī)
* 游泳褲／游泳裤 (yóuyǒngkù)
* 游程
* 游繩／游绳
* 游舫
* 游船 (yóuchuán)
* 游艇 (yóutǐng)

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 游 – see 遊 (“to travel; to tour; to wander; to roam; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 遊).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### References

* “游”, 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), “游”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 289.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* to float
* to swim

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ゆう (yū)、りゅう (ryū)
* Kun: およぐ (oyogu)、あそぶ (asobu)、あそび (asobi)
* equivalent: 遊

## Korean
### Hanja

游 • (yu) (hangeul 유)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

游: Hán Nôm readings: du
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