# 繇

| 繇 | U+7E47, &#32327; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E47 |
| ← 繆 [U+7E46] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 繈 → [U+7E48] |

## Translingual
### Han character

繇 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月山竹女火 (BUHVF), four-corner 2279$_3$, composition ⿰䍃系)

#### Derived characters

* 㒡, 櫾, 𣟾, 蘨, 㘥, 𨷱, 𢖟, 𨙂, 𢑂, 𢑄, 𫧊

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 937, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27856
* Dae Jaweon: page 1377, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3446, character 6
* Unihan data for U+7E47

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 繇
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 繇 | *lɯːw, *l'ɯws, *lɯw |
| 蘨 | *lɯːw, *lɯw |
| 櫾 | *lɯw, *lɯws |
Originally written 䌛. Now phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lɯːw, *l'ɯws, *lɯw): phonetic 䍃 + semantic 系.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yáo (yao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
*** Wade–Giles: yao$^2$
*** Yale: yáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
*** Palladius: яо (jao)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jiu$^4$
*** Yale: yìuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jiu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yiu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːu̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: yew, yuw
Rime :
| Character | 繇 | 繇 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 餘昭切 | 以周切 |
| Baxter | yew | yuw |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jiᴇu/ | /jɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jiɛu/ | /jiu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /jæu/ | /iəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jiaw/ | /juw/ |
| Li Rong | /iɛu/ | /iu/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭɛu/ | /jĭəu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯ɛu/ | /i̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yáo | yóu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jiu$^4$ | jau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*lɯːw/, /*lɯw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 繇 | 繇 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 14721 | 14725 |
| Phonetic component | 繇 | 繇 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 遙 | 猷 |
| Old Chinese | /*lɯːw/ | /*lɯw/ |
| Notes | | 曾憲通說金文象鼬初文 |

#### Definitions

繇
* (literary) Alternative form of 徭 (yáo, “corvee”)
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Gāozǔ yǐ lì yáo Xiányáng, lì jiē sòng fèng qián sān, Hé dú yǐ wǔ. [Pinyin]
    Gaozu, as a petty official, was about to go to Xianyang for forced labour. The other petty officials all gave him the money of three [hundred maces]; He alone [gave] five.
* (literary) Alternative form of 謠 / 谣 (yáo, “folk song”)
* (obsolete, of vegetation) lush; flourishing
    alt. forms: 蘨 (yáo)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 搖 / 摇 (yáo, “to shake”)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 陶 (yáo)

#### Compounds

* 咎繇 (Gāoyáo)
* 外繇
* 皋繇 (Gāoyáo)
* 繇俗
* 繇役 (yáoyì)
* 繇戍
* 繇賦 / 繇赋
* 臯繇 (Gāoyáo)
* 輕繇薄賦 / 轻繇薄赋

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yóu (you$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jau$^4$
* 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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^4$
*** Yale: yàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: yuw
Rime :
| Character | 繇 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| 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
    (Zhengzhang): /*lɯw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 繇 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| No. | 14725 |
| Phonetic component | 繇 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 猷 |
| Old Chinese | /*lɯw/ |
| Notes | 曾憲通說金文象鼬初文 |

#### Definitions

繇
* (literary) Alternative form of 由 (yóu)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 猷 (yóu, “method; means”)

#### Compounds

* 優繇 / 优繇 (yōuyóu)
* 根繇 (gēnyóu)
* 無繇 / 无繇 (wúyóu)
* 繇來 / 繇来 (yóulái)
* 繇是 (yóushì)
* 繇此 (yóucǐ)
* 自繇 (zìyóu)
* 自繇自在 (zìyóuzìzài)

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhòu (zhou$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zau$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhòu
*** Wade–Giles: chou$^4$
*** Yale: jòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
*** Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zau$^6$
*** Yale: jauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zeo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐu̯²²/
* Middle Chinese: drjuwH
Rime :
| Character | 繇 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 直祐切 |
| Baxter | drjuwH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɖɨu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɖiu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȡiəu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɖuw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȡiu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȡĭəu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȡʱi̯ə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zau$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯws/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 繇 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| No. | 14723 |
| Phonetic component | 繇 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 胄 |
| Old Chinese | /*l'ɯws/ |

#### Definitions

繇
* (historical) words of divination; interpretation of hexagrams
    alt. forms: 籀 (zhòu)

#### Compounds

* 五繇
* 繇文
* 繇詞 / 繇词
* 繇辭 / 繇辞

### Pronunciation 4

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yōu (you$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ
* 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/

#### Definitions

繇
* (alt. form 悠) Used in 繇繇.

#### Compounds

* 繇繇

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03450
* “繇”, 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–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* reason
* cause

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): よう (yō)、ゆう (yū)、ゆ (yu)、ちゅう (chū)、じゅ (ju)
* Kun: したがう (shitagau)

## Korean
### Hanja

繇 (eum 요 (yo))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

繇: Hán Nôm readings: diêu
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