# 諛

| 諛 | U+8ADB, &#35547; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8ADB |
| ← 諚 [U+8ADA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 諜 → [U+8ADC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

諛 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹難人 (YRHXO), four-corner 0763$_7$, composition ⿰訁臾)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1169, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35696
* Dae Jaweon: page 1635, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3987, character 5
* Unihan data for U+8ADB

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 萸 | *lo |
| 臾 | *ɡruds, *lo |
| 腴 | *lo |
| 諛 | *lo |
| 楰 | *lo, *loʔ |
| 庾 | *loʔ |
| 斞 | *loʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lo): semantic 言 + phonetic 臾 (OC *ɡruds, *lo).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yú (yu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̀
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): jû
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ru$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yú
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yú
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^2$
*** Yale: yú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyu$^4$
*** Yale: yùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jy$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyː²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̀
*** Sinological IPA : /y⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû
*** Tâi-lô: jû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: juu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /d͡zu²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡zu²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zu¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /d͡zu²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ru$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jû
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡zu⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yu
*** MiniDict: yu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhy
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦy²³/
* Middle Chinese: yu
Rime :
| Character | 諛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 羊朱切 |
| Baxter | yu |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /io/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /juə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /io/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)o/
    (Zhengzhang): /*lo/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 諛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ yu › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ](r)o/ |
| English | flatter (v.) |
| 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 | 諛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15825 |
| Phonetic component | 臾 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 逾 |
| Old Chinese | /*lo/ |

### Definitions

諛
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to flatter; to truckle; to toady to
    阿諛／阿谀 ― ēyú ― to flatter
    From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE
    Púchén zhèng, jué hòu kè zhèng; púchén yú, jué hòu zì shèng. [Pinyin]
    When these household officers are correct, the sovereign will be correct; When they are flatterers, the sovereign will consider himself a sage.
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
    Wèi jǐ dào rén, zé bórán zuòsè; wèi jǐ yú rén, zé fúrán zuòsè. Ér zhōngshēn dào rén yě, zhōngshēn yú rén yě. [Pinyin]
    Tell a man that he is merely following (the opinions) of another, and at once he flushes with anger. Tell a man that he is flatterer of others, and immediately he flushes with anger. And yet all his life he is merely following others, and flattering them.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) flattery; toadying words
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, ideophonic) kind; gentle; meek

### Compounds

* 佞諛 / 佞谀
* 口諛 / 口谀
* 奉諛 / 奉谀
* 好諛惡直 / 好谀恶直
* 姦諛 / 奸谀
* 媚諛 / 媚谀
* 寅諛 / 寅谀
* 導諛 / 导谀
* 巧諛 / 巧谀
* 從諛 / 从谀
* 恐諛 / 恐谀
* 憸諛 / 𪫺谀
* 昵諛
* 獻諛 / 献谀
* 稱諛 / 称谀
* 詭諛 / 诡谀
* 誣諛 / 诬谀
* 諂諛 / 谄谀 (chǎnyú)
* 諂諛取容 / 谄谀取容
* 諛佞 / 谀佞
* 諛儒 / 谀儒
* 諛優 / 谀优
* 諛史 / 谀史
* 諛噱 / 谀噱
* 諛墓 / 谀墓
* 諛媚 / 谀媚
* 諛導 / 谀导
* 諛巧 / 谀巧
* 諛悅 / 谀悦
* 諛然 / 谀然
* 諛美 / 谀美
* 諛聞 / 谀闻
* 諛臣 / 谀臣
* 諛舌 / 谀舌
* 諛行 / 谀行
* 諛言 / 谀言 (yúyán)
* 諛詞 / 谀词
* 諛語 / 谀语
* 諛說 / 谀说
* 諛誕 / 谀诞
* 諛諂 / 谀谄
* 諱諛 / 讳谀
* 諧諛 / 谐谀
* 諛謗 / 谀谤
* 諛贊 / 谀赞
* 諛辭 / 谀辞
* 諛順 / 谀顺
* 諛頌 / 谀颂
* 謗諛 / 谤谀
* 謾諛 / 谩谀
* 譏諛 / 讥谀
* 譽諛 / 誉谀
* 讋諛立懦 / 詟谀立懦
* 讒諛 / 谗谀
* 貢諛 / 贡谀
* 貪諛 / 贪谀
* 贊諛 / 赞谀
* 進諛 / 进谀
* 道諛 / 道谀
* 邪諛 / 邪谀
* 阿諛 / 阿谀 (ēyú)
* 阿諛取容 / 阿谀取容
* 阿諛奉承 / 阿谀奉承 (ēyúfèngchéng)
* 阿諛曲從 / 阿谀曲从
* 阿諛趨奉 / 阿谀趋奉
* 阿諛逢迎 / 阿谀逢迎
* 阿諛順意 / 阿谀顺意
* 阿諛順旨 / 阿谀顺旨
* 險諛 / 险谀
* 面諛 / 面谀
* 面諛背毀 / 面谀背毁
* 頌諛 / 颂谀

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* flatter

#### Readings

* Go-on: ゆ (yu)
* Kan-on: ゆ (yu)
* Kun: へつらう (hetsurau)

#### Compounds

* 阿諛(あゆ) (ayu): flattery
* 讒諛(ざんゆ) (zan'yu)
* 諂諛(てんゆ) (ten'yu)
* 媚諛(びゆ) (biyu)
* 面諛(めんゆ) (men'yu)
* 諛言(ゆげん) (yugen): flattering words

## Korean
### Hanja

諛 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

諛: Hán Nôm readings: du, dua, hùa
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