# 粵

| 粵 | U+7CB5, &#31925; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7CB5 |
| ← 粴 [U+7CB4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 粶 → [U+7CB6] |

## Translingual
### Han character

粵 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹田一女尸 (HWMVS), four-corner 2620$_7$, composition ⿱⿵𰃦釆亏 or ⿳丿⿴囗釆丂)

#### Derived characters

* 𠿋 𤀀 𨼟 𣙾 𤏓 𥜊 𥣄 𦆒 𧒹 𧞄 𨆗 𠟲

#### Note

This character is not present in the Kangxi Dictionary; however, its corresponding simplified form, 粤 (yuè), is. The exact opposite applies to 奧 / 奥.

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 909, character 31
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 5, page 3149, character 4
* Unihan data for U+7CB5

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 粵 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) | Libian (compiled in Qing) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts | Clerical script |
A specialization of 雩 (OC *qʰʷla, *ɢʷla) by modification of 雨 (Chi, 2010).
Shuowen interprets it as an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 宷 + 亏.

### Etymology 1

Related to 越 (OC *ɢʷad, “Yue; Viet”). See there for more.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yuè (yue$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yue$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jyut$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): yot$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): yot$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ye̍t / ya̍t
    (Hailu, HRS): rhad$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): yad$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): yeh$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): ṳĕ
* Eastern Min (BUC): uŏk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): oeh$^7$ / yeh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): uêg$^8$ / uag$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$yuq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ye$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
*** Wade–Giles: yüeh$^4$
*** Yale: ywè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
*** Palladius: юэ (jue)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɥɛ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: yue$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ye
*** Sinological IPA : /ye²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyut$^6$
*** Yale: yuht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jyt$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyːt̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: yot$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jᵘɔt̚³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: yot$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /yɵt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ye̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: ied
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yad$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯et̚⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ya̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)iad
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yad$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯at̚⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: rhad$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʒat²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yad$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /iat̚⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: yeh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /yəʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳĕ
*** Sinological IPA : /yɛ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: uŏk
*** Sinological IPA : /uoʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: oeh$^7$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: e̤̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /œʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: yeh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /yøʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍t
*** Tâi-lô: ua̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oat
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /uat̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /uat̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /uat̚²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: uêg$^8$ / uag$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ue̍k / ua̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /uek̚⁴/, /uak̚⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$yuq
*** MiniDict: yuih$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$hhyq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦyɪʔ¹²/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ye$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /y̯e̞²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: hjwot
Rime :
| Character | 粵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 月 (68) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 王伐切 |
| Baxter | hjwot |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦʉɐt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷiɐt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuɐt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦuat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuɐt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭwɐt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯wɐt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yuè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyut$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷad/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 粵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16341 |
| Phonetic component | 粵 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 越 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷad/ |
| Notes | 金文作雩，隸變轉註分化字 |

#### Definitions

粵
* (historical) Yue people; Baiyue people
* Guangdong
    粵語／粤语 ― yuèyǔ ― Cantonese language
* Guangdong and Guangxi
    兩粵／两粤 ― liǎngyuè ― Guangdong and Guangxi
* Short for 粵語／粤语 (yuèyǔ, “Cantonese”).
    粵音／粤音 ― yuèyīn ― Cantonese pronunciation
    精通國粵英／精通国粤英 ― jīngtōng Guó Yuè Yīng ― fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, and English
* (informal, punning) Alternative form of 越 (“more”), usually in reference to the Cantonese language.
       jiu$^3$ ngo$^5$ dei$^6$ sau$^1$ seng$^1$, ngo$^5$ dei$^6$ jyut$^6$ daai$^6$ seng$^1$! [Jyutping]
       If you want us to shut up, we'll be even louder! (a 2010 slogan protesting restriction of usage of Cantonese)
       “jyut$^6$ gong$^2$ jyut$^6$ dim$^6$” [Jyutping]
       "the more you speak, the steadier [your Cantonese becomes]" (the name of a TV show by GDTV Pearl River Channel focusing on the Cantonese language)
       “jyut$^6$ gong$^2$ jyut$^6$ zaan$^2$ gwai$^2$” [Jyutping]
       "Cantoxicating" (the name of a TV show by TVB)
** (Can we date this quote?), “央廣粵語”, in Facebook‎:
    粵聽粵有feel／粤听粤有feel [Cantonese] ― jyut$^6$ teng$^1$ jyut$^6$ jau$^5$ fiu$^1$ [Jyutping] ― the more one listens, the more one feels it

#### Compounds

* 兩粵 / 两粤 (Liǎngyuè)
* 百粵 / 百粤 (Bǎi Yuè)
* 粵劇 / 粤剧 (yuèjù)
* 粵北 / 粤北 (Yuèběi)
* 粵匪 / 粤匪 (yuèfěi)
* 粵寇 / 粤寇
* 粵嶠 / 粤峤
* 粵方言 / 粤方言 (yuèfāngyán)
* 粵曲 / 粤曲 (yuèqǔ)
* 粵東 / 粤东 (Yuèdōng)
* 粵江 / 粤江 (Yuèjiāng)
* 粵江流域 / 粤江流域
* 粵海 / 粤海 (Yuèhǎi)
* 粵漢鐵路 / 粤汉铁路
* 粵犬吠雪 / 粤犬吠雪
* 粵省 / 粤省 (Yuèshěng)
* 粵祝 / 粤祝
* 粵秀山 / 粤秀山
* 粵繡 / 粤绣
* 粵胡 / 粤胡 (yuèhú)
* 粵菜 / 粤菜 (yuècài)
* 粵西 / 粤西 (Yuèxī)
* 粵語 / 粤语 (yuèyǔ)
* 粵謳 / 粤讴 (yuè'ōu)

### Etymology 2

Related to the particles 曰 (OC *ɢʷad) and 越 (OC *ɢʷad). Smith (2012) proposes this to be derived from the prepositional phrase *于之 (OC *ɢʷa tjɯ).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yuè (yue$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
*** Wade–Giles: yüeh$^4$
*** Yale: ywè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
*** Palladius: юэ (jue)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɥɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyut$^6$
*** Yale: yuht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jyt$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyːt̚²/
* Middle Chinese: hjwot
Rime :
| Character | 粵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 月 (68) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 王伐切 |
| Baxter | hjwot |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦʉɐt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷiɐt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuɐt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦuat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuɐt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭwɐt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯wɐt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yuè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyut$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷad/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 粵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16341 |
| Phonetic component | 粵 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 越 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷad/ |
| Notes | 金文作雩，隸變轉註分化字 |

#### Definitions

粵
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) A particle.
** Used in the beginning of a clause to express a prudent tone.
    From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
    Yuè qí wén rì, zōngshì zhī jùn yǒu sì bǎi rén, mín xiànyí jiǔ wàn fū, yǔ jìng yǐ zhōng yú cǐ móu jìsì túgōng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 632 C.E., 魏徵 (Wei Zheng) 《九成宮醴泉碑銘》
    Yuè yǐ sìyuè jiǎ shēn shuò xún yǒu liù rì jǐhài, shàng jí zhōnggōng, lì lǎn tái guān. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
** Used in the middle of a clause. (clarification of this definition is needed)
    From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
    Shàng yuè qí jǐ, lún shén yù xī. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Compounds

* 粵若 / 粤若
* 粵若稽古 / 粤若稽古

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yuè (yue$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
*** Wade–Giles: yüeh$^4$
*** Yale: ywè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
*** Palladius: юэ (jue)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɥɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyut$^6$
*** Yale: yuht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jyt$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyːt̚²/
* Middle Chinese: hjwot
Rime :
| Character | 粵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 月 (68) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 王伐切 |
| Baxter | hjwot |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦʉɐt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷiɐt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuɐt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦuat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuɐt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭwɐt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯wɐt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yuè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyut$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷat/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷad/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 粵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yuè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hjwot › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ʷat/ |
| English | generous, favorable |
| 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 | 粵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16341 |
| Phonetic component | 粵 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 越 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷad/ |
| Notes | 金文作雩，隸變轉註分化字 |

#### Definitions

粵
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) generous; favourable

#### Compounds

* 粵宛 / 粤宛

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03064
* “粵”, 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)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): えつ (etsu)、おち (ochi)
* Kun: ここに (kokoni, 粵に)

## Korean
### Hanja

粵 (eumhun 말이 내킬 월 (mari naekil wol))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

粵: Hán Nôm readings: việt
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