尤

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See also: 尢 and ㄤ
尤 U+5C24, 尤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C24
← 尣
[U+5C23] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 尥 →
[U+5C25]

Translingual

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Han character

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尤 (Kangxi radical 43, 尢+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 戈大山 (IKU), four-corner 43010, composition ⿺尢丶)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 298, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7543
  • Dae Jaweon: page 593, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 551, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+5C24

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 尤

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 尤
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (尤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
尤 *ɢʷɯ
疣 *ɢʷɯ
肬 *ɢʷɯ
沋 *ɢʷɯ
訧 *ɢʷɯ
忧 *ɢʷɯs
蚘 *ɢʷɯː

Pictogram (象形) – hand with a wart. Original form of 疣 and 肬.

Etymology

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Sino-Tibetan; compare Tibetan ཡུས (yus, “blame, charge, accusation”).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 尤
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 羽求切
Baxter hjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦɨu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦiu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦuw/
Li
Rong 		/ɣiu/
Wang
Li 		/ɣĭəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/i̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jau4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 尤
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yóu
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hjuw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ɢ]ʷə/
English fault; even more

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 尤
Reading # 1/1
No. 15503
Phonetic
component 		尤
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		尤
Old
Chinese 		/*ɢʷɯ/
Notes 甲文象又（手）上加筆指疣

Definitions

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尤

  1. fault; flaw
  2. to fault; to blame
    效尤  ―  xiàoyóu  ―  to follow bad examples (literally, "to imitate the blameworthy")
  3. (literary) strange; special; outstanding
  4. (literary) especially; particularly; even more
  5. a surname

Compounds

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References

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  • “Query for 尤”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
  • “尤”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “尤”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 288.

Japanese

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Kanji

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尤

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. reasonable
  2. just
  3. natural
  4. superb
  5. outstanding
  6. plausible

Readings

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Korean

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Hanja

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尤 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u)

  1. especially, particularly

Vietnamese

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Han character

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尤: Hán Nôm readings: vưu

  1. (Rare) A Vietnamese surname
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