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吁

吁

吁	U+5401, 吁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5401

← 吀
[U+5400]

CJK Unified Ideographs

吂 →
[U+5402]

See also: 籲

Translingual

Han character

吁 (radical 30 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 口一木 (RMD), four-corner 6104₀, composition ⿰口于)

interjection 'Alas!'
to sigh

References

KangXi: page 174, character 14

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3275

Dae Jaweon: page 387, character 6

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 575, character 7

Unihan data for U+5401

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 吁 – see 籲. (This character, 吁, is the simplified form of 籲.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		吁

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xū (xu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xū
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
  - Wade-Giles: hsü¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: heoi¹
  - Yale: hēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoey¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /hɨo/, /ɦɨo^H/▼

Rime
Character	吁	吁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	況于切	王遇切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨo/	/ɦɨo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/hio/	/ɦio^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xio/	/ɣio^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huə̆/	/ɦuə̆^H/
Li Rong	/xio/	/ɣio^H/
Wang Li	/xĭu/	/ɣĭu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯u/	/i̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xū	yù

Old Chinese▼

(Baxter-Sagart): /*qʷʰ(r)a/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷa/, /*ɢʷas/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	吁
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xū
Middle Chinese	‹ xju ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷʰ(r)a/
English	pained
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	吁	吁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15694	15721
Phonetic component	于	于
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	訏	芋
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷa/	/*ɢʷas/
Notes	於轉註字

Definitions

吁

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Japanese

Kanji

吁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: く (ku), う (u)

Kun: あう (au)

Korean

Hanja

吁 • ‎(yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu)

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