佑

See also: 祐
佑 U+4F51, 佑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F51
← 佐
[U+4F50] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 佒 →
[U+4F52]

Translingual

Han character

佑 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人大口 (OKR) or X人大口 (XOKR), four-corner 24260, composition ⿰亻右)

Derived characters
  • 㐛, 𫈈, 𫳌, 𭹐

References
  • KangXi: page 98, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 507
  • Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 131, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+4F51

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 佑
alternative forms 右
祐

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (又) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
絠 *kɯːʔ
醢 *qʰɯːʔ
珛 *qʰʷɯs
栯 *ɢʷɯʔ, *qʷɯ
有 *ɢʷɯʔ
友 *ɢʷɯʔ
右 *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs
宥 *ɢʷɯs
囿 *ɢʷɯs, *ɡʷɯ
侑 *ɢʷɯs
酭 *ɢʷɯs
姷 *ɢʷɯs
又 *ɢʷɯs
佑 *ɢʷɯs
祐 *ɢʷɯs
賄 *qʰʷɯːʔ
蛕 *qʰʷɯːʔ, *ɡʷɯː
烠 *ɡʷɯː
倄 *ɢraːw, *ɢʷɯːʔ
鮪 *ɢʷɯʔ
洧 *ɢʷɯʔ
痏 *ɢʷɯʔ
郁 *qʷɯ
戫 *qʷɯ
哊 *ɡʷɯ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷɯs) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs).

Etymology

Exoactive derivation of 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs, “right”).

“Right” and “left” are metaphors for “to assist” via the following semantic development: “left or right” > “to be on the left or right of a person” > “to assist, to help, to protect”.

Compare the derivation of 佐 (OC *ʔsaːls, “to assist; to help”) from 左 (OC *ʔsaːlʔ, *ʔsaːls, “left”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 佑
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 于救切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦiuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣiəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦuwH/
Li
Rong		 /ɣiuH/
Wang
Li		 /ɣĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 jau6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 佑
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yòu
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hjuwH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s/
English assist

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 佑
Reading # 1/1
No. 15605
Phonetic
component		 又
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 宥
Old
Chinese		 /*ɢʷɯs/

Definitions

佑

  1. to assist; to help; to protect
  2. (alt. form 祐) to bless
  3. a surname
  4. (Taiwan) yotta- (SI unit prefix)
    Synonym: 堯／尧 (yáo) (Mainland)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji
佑

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. To help

Readings

Proper noun

佑(ゆう) • (Yū) 

  1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

佑: Hán Nôm readings: hữu, hựu

  1. to assist; to help
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