娛

See also: 娱 and 娯

娛 U+5A1B, 娛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A1B ← 娚 [U+5A1A] CJK Unified Ideographs 娜 → [U+5A1C]

娛 U+2F863, 娛 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F863 ← 姬 [U+2F862] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 娧 → [U+2F864]

Translingual

Traditional	娛
Shinjitai	娯
Simplified	娱

Han character

娛 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女口女大 (VRVK), four-corner 4648₁, composition ⿰女吳)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 262, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6307
• Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1051, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5A1B

• Unihan data for U+2F863

Chinese

trad.		娛/娱
simp.		娱
alternative forms		娯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (吳) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
吳	*ŋʷaː
蜈	*ŋʷaː
鋘	*ŋʷaː, *ŋʷraː
麌	*ŋʷaː, *ŋʷaʔ
祦	*ŋaː
誤	*ŋʷaːs
悞	*ŋʷaːs
娛	*ŋʷaːs, *ŋʷa
虞	*ŋʷa
澞	*ŋʷa
鸆	*ŋʷa
俁	*ŋʷaʔ
噳	*ŋʷaʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yú, yù (yu², yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ, ㄩˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yu²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jyu⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngui³

• Gan (Wiktionary): nyy⁴ / u⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngu²

• Jin (Wiktionary): y³
• Northern Min (KCR): ngṳ̂
• Eastern Min (BUC): ngṳ̀
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gû / gî / gô͘ / ngô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): u⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gniu; ⁶yu
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): y²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yú
    • Wade–Giles: yü²
    • Yale: yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yu²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: y
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡui²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: nyy⁴ / u⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲy³⁵/, /u³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋu⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngu²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋu¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: y³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /y⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngṳ̂
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋy³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngṳ̀
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋy⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû
    • Tâi-lô: gû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: guu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ɡu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî
    • Tâi-lô: gî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô͘
    • Tâi-lô: gôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘
    • Tâi-lô: ngôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngoo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: u⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: û
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gniu; ⁶yu
    • MiniDict: nyu^去; yu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyy; ³hhy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲy²³/, /ɦy²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: y²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngju, nguH

Rime
Character	娛	娛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	虞俱切	五故切
Baxter	ngju	nguH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨo/	/ŋuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋio/	/ŋuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋio/	/ŋoH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuə̆/	/ŋɔH/
Li Rong	/ŋio/	/ŋoH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭu/	/ŋuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯u/	/ŋuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú	wù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4	ng6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋʷ(r)a/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋʷaːs/, /*ŋʷa/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	娛
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yú
Middle Chinese	‹ ngju ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋʷ(r)a/
English	rejoice
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	娛	娛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13101	13104
Phonetic component	吴	吴
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	誤
Old Chinese	/*ŋʷaːs/	/*ŋʷa/

Definitions

娛

1. to amuse; to entertain
2. amusing; entertaining
3. amusement; enjoyment; pleasure
4. entertainment

Compounds

• 動心娛目／动心娱目
• 娛娛／娱娱
• 娛悅／娱悦 (yúyuè)
• 娛樂／娱乐 (yúlè)
• 娛樂場所／娱乐场所
• 娛樂片／娱乐片
• 娛樂稅／娱乐税
• 娛老／娱老
• 娛親／娱亲
• 怡然自娛／怡然自娱
• 悅心娛目／悦心娱目
• 悅目娛心／悦目娱心
• 戲綵娛親／戏彩娱亲
• 文娛活動／文娱活动
• 歡娛／欢娱 (huānyú)
• 綵衣娛親／彩衣娱亲
• 老萊娛親／老莱娱亲
• 耳目之娛／耳目之娱
• 自娛／自娱 (zìyú)
• 自娛娛人／自娱娱人
• 逍遙自娛／逍遥自娱

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	娯
Kyūjitai	娛

Kanji

娛

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 娯)

1. recreation

Readings

• Kan-on: ぐ (gu)
• On: ぐ (gu)、ご (go)
• Kun: たのしみ (tanoshimi, 娛しみ)、たのしむ (tanoshimu, 娛しむ)

Usage notes

This character has never been used in Japanese and lacks essential JIS support. Tha variant 娯 is used instead.

Korean

Hanja

娛 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o)

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Vietnamese

Han character

娛: Hán Nôm readings: ngu

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