Translingual

Han character

遊 (radical 162 辵+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜卜尸木 (YYSD), four-corner 3830₄, composition ⿺辶斿)

References

• KangXi: page 1261, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38994
• Dae Jaweon: page 1751, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3861, character 2
• Unihan data for U+904A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *lu) : semantic 辵 ‎(“walk”) + phonetic 斿 ‎(OC *lu).

Pronunciation

Definitions

遊

1. to travel; to tour

   遊客 / 游客  ―  yóukè  ―  traveler, tourist

   旅遊 / 旅游  ―  lǚyóu  ―  trip, travel

2. to wander; to roam

   遊走 / 游走  ―  yóuzǒu  ―  wandering, to migrate

   遊民 / 游民  ―  yóumín  ―  vagrant, vagabond

   遊蕩 / 游荡  ―  yóudàng  ―  to roam about

3. to play

   遊玩 / 游玩  ―  yóuwán  ―  to play

4. to walk

   遊行 / 游行  ―  yóuxíng  ―  to march

5. to associate with, to have contact with

   交遊 / 交游  ―  jiāoyóu  ―  to have friendly relationships

6. to persuade, to convince

   遊說 / 游说  ―  yóushuì  ―  to persuade

7. to move freely

   遊刃有餘 / 游刃有余  ―  yóurènyǒuyú  ―  to do something skillfully and easily

8. Alternative form of 游 (all senses).

   游 (yóu): Water-related concepts; surname.

   遊: All other senses.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. to play

Readings

• Goon: ゆ (yu)
• Kan’on: ゆう (yū)
• Kun: あそぶ (遊ぶ, asobu), あそび (遊び, asobi), すさび (susabi)

Compounds

• 遊園地 (ゆうえんち, yūenchi): amusement park
• 遊戯 (ゆうぎ, yūgi): play
• 遊泳 (ゆうえい, yūei): swimming (free swim, not for athlete)
• 遊廓 (yūkaku), "pleasure quarters" (Yoshiwara et. al.)

Korean

Hanja

遊 • ‎(yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

遊 (du)

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