# 盂

| 盂 | U+76C2, &#30402; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76C2 |
| ← 盁 [U+76C1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 盃 → [U+76C3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

盂 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一木月廿 (MDBT), four-corner 1010$_7$, composition ⿱于皿)

#### Derived characters

* 䣿, 𦱃, 𬫢, 𬐟

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 792, character 40
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22949
* Dae Jaweon: page 1207, character 34
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2557, character 6
* Unihan data for U+76C2

## Chinese

* 盂

### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 侉 | *qaːls |
| 夸 | *kʰʷraː |
| 姱 | *kʰʷraː |
| 胯 | *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs |
| 跨 | *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs |
| 誇 | *kʰʷraː |
| 垮 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 銙 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 骻 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 咵 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 釫 | *ɢʷraː, *qʷaː |
| 摦 | *ɡʷraːs |
| 鮬 | *pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː |
| 嶀 | *qʰʷl'aː |
| 扝 | *kʰʷaː, *qʷaː |
| 刳 | *kʰʷaː |
| 郀 | *kʰʷaː |
| 挎 | *kʰʷaː |
| 袴 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 絝 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 褲 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 恗 | *qʰaː |
| 洿 | *ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː |
| 瓠 | *ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs |
| 鄠 | *ɢʷlaːʔ |
| 污 | *qʷaː, *qʷaːs |
| 杇 | *qʷaː |
| 圬 | *qʷaː |
| 鴮 | *qʷaː |
| 盓 | *qʷaː |
| 汙 | *qʷaːs, *ɢʷa |
| 樗 | *qʰʷl'a |
| 摴 | *qʰʷl'a |
| 荂 | *pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa |
| 雩 | *qʰʷla, *ɢʷla |
| 吁 | *qʰʷa, *ɢʷas |
| 盱 | *qʰʷa |
| 訏 | *qʰʷa |
| 扜 | *qʰʷa, *qʷa |
| 旴 | *qʰʷa |
| 冔 | *qʰʷaʔ |
| 紆 | *qʷa |
| 陓 | *qʷa |
| 迂 | *qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa |
| 虶 | *qʷa |
| 于 | *ɢʷa |
| 盂 | *ɢʷa |
| 竽 | *ɢʷa |
| 邘 | *ɢʷa |
| 玗 | *ɢʷa |
| 芋 | *ɢʷa, *ɢʷas |
| 杅 | *ɢʷa |
| 釪 | *ɢʷa |
| 骬 | *ɢʷa |
| 謣 | *ɢʷla |
| 宇 | *ɢʷaʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷa): phonetic 于 (OC *ɢʷa) + semantic 皿 (“dish; vessel”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yú (yu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): û / ô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): u$^1$ / hu$^5$
* 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/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yúr
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yúr
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: yúr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuel
*** Palladius: юйр (jujr)
*** Sinological IPA : /yə̯ɻ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyu$^4$
*** Yale: yùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jy$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyː²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: û / ô͘
*** Tâi-lô: û / ôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uu, oo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /u²⁴/, /ɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /u²⁴/, /ɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /u¹³/, /ɔ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /u²⁴/, /ɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /u²³/, /ɔ²³/
* û - literary;
* ô͘ - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: hju
Rime :
| Character | 盂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 羽俱切 |
| Baxter | hju |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦuə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣio/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷ(r)a/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷa/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 盂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hju › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ʷ(r)a/ |
| English | a formation of a hunting party |
| 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 | 盂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15707 |
| Phonetic component | 于 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 于 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷa/ |

### Definitions

盂
* broad-mouthed receptacle for holding liquids and foods
* (historical) name of a hunting formation
* (～縣) Yu County, Yuxian (a county of Yangquan, Shanxi, China)
* a surname

### Compounds

* 唾盂 (tuòyú)
* 水盂
* 漱盂
* 痰盂 (tányú)
* 盂方水方
* 盂蘭會 / 盂兰会
* 盂蘭盆 / 盂兰盆 (yúlánpén)
* 盂蘭盆會 / 盂兰盆会 (Yúlánpénhuì)
* 盂蘭節 / 盂兰节 (yúlánjié)
* 盎盂相敲
* 盎盂相繫 / 盎盂相系
* 盤盂 / 盘盂
* 缽盂 / 钵盂 (bōyú)
* 缽盂頭 / 钵盂头
* 腎盂 / 肾盂 (shènyú)
* 腎盂炎 / 肾盂炎
* 覆盂
* 覆盂之固
* 覆盂之安

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* bowl (container for foods and liquids)
* Used in transliteration of Sanskrit terms.
    盂蘭盆 ― urabon ― ullambana (note: this term is taken by many Japanese sources to represent Sanskrit, but this particular term is from Pali.)

#### Readings

* Go-on: う (u)
* Kan-on: う (u)
* Kun: はち (hachi, 盂)、わん (wan, 盂)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 盂
* はち Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 盂 – see the following entry. :
| 【鉢はち】S | [noun] flower pot [noun] bowl, basin, pot, skull |
(This term, 盂, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.) :

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 盂
* わん Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 盂 – see the following entry. :
| 【碗わん】J | [noun] bowl [counter] counter for bowls of food or drink Alternative spelling 椀 |
(This term, 盂, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

盂 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u, Yale wu)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

盂: Hán Việt readings: vu
盂: Nôm readings: vu, vò
* chữ Hán form of vu (“cup”).
* chữ Nôm form of vò (“jar”).

#### References

* 1 2 3 Nguyễn (2014).
* 1 2 Trần (2004).
* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Thiều Chửu (1942).