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牖
牖
Translingual
Han character
牖 (radical 91 片+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中中竹尸月 (LLHSB) or 中中戈尸月 (LLISB) or 中弓竹尸月 (LNHSB) or 中弓戈尸月 (LNISB), four-corner 20027, composition ⿰片⿸户甫)
- window
- lead enlightenment
References
- KangXi: page 694, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19890
- Dae Jaweon: page 1107, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2020, character 9
- Unihan data for U+7256
Chinese
| simp. and trad. | 牖 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
-  Mandarin
-  (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ
- Wade-Giles: yu3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeou
- IPA (key): /i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/
 
 
-  (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
-  Cantonese
-  (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+- Jyutping: jau5
- Yale: yáuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jau5
- IPA (key): /jɐu̯¹³/
 
 
-  (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 牖 | 
| Reading # | 1/1 | 
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) | 
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | 
| Openness (開合) | Open | 
| Division (等) | III | 
| Fanqie | 與久切 | 
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jɨuX/ | 
| Pan Wuyun | /jiuX/ | 
| Shao Rongfen | /iəuX/ | 
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /juwX/ | 
| Li Rong | /iuX/ | 
| Wang Li | /jĭəuX/ | 
| Bernard Karlgren | /i̯ə̯uX/ | 
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yǒu | 
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 牖 | 
| Reading # | 1/1 | 
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yǒu | 
| Middle Chinese | ‹ yuwX › | 
| Old Chinese | /*[l]uʔ/ | 
| English | window | 
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: 					* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 牖 | 
| Reading # | 1/1 | 
| No. | 15590 | 
| Phonetic component | 牖 | 
| Rime group | 幽 | 
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 
| Corresponding MC rime | 酉 | 
| Old Chinese | /*luʔ/ | 
Definitions
牖
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Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
牖
Readings
Compounds
| Kanji in this term | 
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| 牖 | 
| まど Hyōgaiji | 
| kun'yomi | 
Noun
- Alternative spelling of 窓
Korean
Hanja
牖 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu, Yale yu)
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