# 祐

| 祐 | U+7950, &#31056; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7950 |
| ← 祏 [U+794F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 祑 → [U+7951] |
| 祐 | U+FA4F, &#64079; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA4F |
| ← 祈 [U+FA4E] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 祖 → [U+FA50] |

## Translingual
### Han character

祐 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈火大口 (IFKR), four-corner 3426$_0$, composition ⿰礻右(GHTJ) or ⿰示右(K))

#### Derived characters

* 𭹮

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 841, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24652
* Dae Jaweon: page 1259, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2391, character 1
* Unihan data for U+7950
* Unihan data for U+FA4F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 絠 | *kɯːʔ |
| 醢 | *qʰɯːʔ |
| 珛 | *qʰʷɯs |
| 栯 | *ɢʷɯʔ, *qʷɯ |
| 有 | *ɢʷɯʔ |
| 友 | *ɢʷɯʔ |
| 右 | *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs |
| 宥 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 囿 | *ɢʷɯs, *ɡʷɯ |
| 侑 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 酭 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 姷 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 又 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 佑 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 祐 | *ɢʷɯs |
| 賄 | *qʰʷɯːʔ |
| 蛕 | *qʰʷɯːʔ, *ɡʷɯː |
| 烠 | *ɡʷɯː |
| 倄 | *ɢraːw, *ɢʷɯːʔ |
| 鮪 | *ɢʷɯʔ |
| 洧 | *ɢʷɯʔ |
| 痏 | *ɢʷɯʔ |
| 郁 | *qʷɯ |
| 戫 | *qʷɯ |
| 哊 | *ɡʷɯ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷɯs): semantic 礻 (“spirit”) + phonetic 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs).

### Etymology

Exoactive of 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs, “right (side)”) (Schuessler, 2007).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yòu (you$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jau$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): iū
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iu$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yòu
*** Wade–Giles: yu$^4$
*** Yale: yòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
*** Palladius: ю (ju)
*** Sinological IPA : /joʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^6$
*** Yale: yauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
*** Hakka Romanization System: iu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yiu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯u⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yiu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iū
*** Tâi-lô: iū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iu²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iu³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: iu$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iŭ
*** Sinological IPA : /iu³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: hjuwH
Rime :
| Character | 祐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 于救切 |
| Baxter | hjuwH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɨu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦiu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiəu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦuw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭəu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯ə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jau$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/, /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 祐 | 祐 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yòu | yòu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hjuw$^X$ › | ‹ hjuw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/ | /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s/ |
| English | help, blessing | help, blessing |
| 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 | 祐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15606 |
| Phonetic component | 又 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 宥 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷɯs/ |

### Definitions

祐
* (of divinity) to assist; to bless; to protect
    From: Western Jin, 魯褒, 錢神論
    Qián zhī suǒ yòu, jí wú bùlì. Hébì dúshū, ránhòu fùguì! [Pinyin]
    Those who are blessed by money are lucky and without misfortune. Why bother studying, and with that achieve wealth and social position?
* Alternative form of 佑 (yòu, “to assist”)
* a surname

### Compounds

* 僧祐
* 嘉祐
* 天祐
* 慈祐 (Cíyòu)
* 祐助
* 祐庇
* 貺祐 / 贶祐
* 靈祐 / 灵祐
* 默祐

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 祐 |
| Kyūjitai | 祐 &#xFA4F; or 祐+&#xFE00; |
| Kyūjitai | 祐󠄀 祐+&#xE0100; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 祐󠄃 祐+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 祐)
* divine help, divine protection (Can we add an example for this sense?)
    Synonym: 佑

#### Readings

* Go-on: う (u)
* Kan-on: ゆう (yū)
* Kun: たすけ (tasuke, 祐け)、たすける (tasukeru, 祐ける)
* Nanori: いのり (inori)、さち (sachi)、すけ (suke)、たすく (tasuku)、ち (chi)、ひろ (hiro)、ひろし (hiroshi)、まさ (masa)、ます (masu)、むら (mura)、ゆき (yuki)、よし (yoshi)

#### Compounds

* 祐(ゆう)助(じょ) (yūjo)
* 祐(ゆう)善(ぜん) (Yūzen)
* 祐(ゆう)筆(ひつ) (yūhitsu) (右(ゆう)筆(ひつ))
* 嘉(か)祐(ゆう) (kayū)
* 休(きゅう)祐(ゆう) (kyūyū)
* 神(しん)祐(ゆう) (shin'yū)
* 天(てん)祐(ゆう) (ten'yū)
* 富(ふ)祐(ゆう) (fuyū)
* 福(ふく)祐(ゆう) (fukuyū)
* 保(ほ)祐(ゆう) (hoyū) (保(ほ)右(ゆう))
* 冥(めい)祐(ゆう) (meiyū) (冥(めい)佑(ゆう))
* 擁(よう)祐(ゆう) (yōyū) (擁(よう)右(ゆう), 擁(よう)佑(ゆう))

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 祐
* ゆう Jinmeiyō
* kan'on
* Alternative spelling
* 祐 (kyūjitai)
*/ɣɨu/ → /jɨu/ → /juː/
From Middle Chinese 祐 (MC hjuwH).

#### Proper noun

祐(ゆう) • (Yū)
* a surname
* a male or female given name

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 祐
* Jinmeiyō
* irregular
* Alternative spelling
* 祐 (kyūjitai)
Nominalization of classical adjective 広し (hiroshi), modern 広い (hiroi, “vast, wide”).

#### Proper noun

祐(ひろし) • (Hiroshi)
* a male given name

### References

* ↑ “祐”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1553 (paper), page 828 (digital)
* ↑ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 888 (paper), page 457 (digital)

## Korean
### Hanja

祐 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u, Yale wu)
* good fortune, to help

## Vietnamese
### Han character

祐: Hán Nôm readings: hựu, hữu
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