忧

See also: 憂

忧	U+5FE7, 忧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FE7

← 忦
[U+5FE6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

忨 →
[U+5FE8]

Translingual

Han character

忧 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 心戈大山 (PIKU), composition ⿰忄尤)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 377, character 22

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10362

Dae Jaweon: page 705, character 9

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2276, character 6

Unihan data for U+5FE7

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷɯs) : semantic 心 + phonetic 尤 (OC *ɢʷɯ).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 忧 – see 憂 (“sad; grieved; grief; melancholy”). (This character is the simplified form of 憂).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		忧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yòu (you⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yòu
  - Wade–Giles: yu⁴
  - Yale: yòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
  - Palladius: ю (ju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: hjuwH

Rime
Character	忧
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
Baxter	hjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuw^H/
Li Rong	/ɣiu^H/
Wang Li	/ɣĭəu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	忧
Reading #	1/1
No.	15508
Phonetic component	尤
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	宥
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯs/

Definitions

忧

^† heartbeat
^† to not move

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