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U+67F3, 柳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-67F3

[U+67F2]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+67F4]
U+F9C9, 柳
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9C9

[U+F9C8]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F9CA]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 75, +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木竹竹中 (DHHL), four-corner 47920, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 521, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14662
  • Dae Jaweon: page 909, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1187, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+67F3

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms


ancient
𫞉
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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *m·ruʔ) : semantic + phonetic (OC *mruːʔ) in oracle bone script and bronze inscriptions.

Later (semantic + phonetic (OC *luʔ)) in small seal script.

The glyph finally turned back to () + (mǎo) in the current form.

Etymology

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Smith (2011) reconstructs *[m-]ruʔ, with volitional or agentic prefix *m- (see Sagart, 1999) and root verb (OC r(j)u) "to flow", resulting in *m-ruu "(cause to flow >) pour out, empty". If unprefixed, means "the flowing one"; if prefixed, "the pouring one". Recall English weeping willow.

Pronunciation

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Note:

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter ljuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/liuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/liəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/luwX/
Li
Rong
/liuX/
Wang
Li
/lĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
liǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lau5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
liǔ
Middle
Chinese
‹ ljuwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*([m]ə.)ruʔ/
English willow

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 8897
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*m·ruʔ/

Definitions

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  1. willow, a member of the genus Salix
  2. (in compounds) fillet
      ―  liǔ  ―  chicken fillet
      ―  niúliǔ  ―  beef tenderloin
      ―  zhūliǔ  ―  pork fillet
      ―  xièliǔ  ―  crab stick
  3. a surname
      ―  Liǔ Zōngyuán  ―  Liu Zongyuan (Tang dynasty writer)

Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
やなぎ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
やなぎ
[noun] , , 楊柳: [circa 759] a willow tree
[noun] , 楊柳: [999] a style of 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, color combination by layering of garments), with white on the front and greenish-blue (or yellowish-green) on the back
[noun] , 楊柳: Short for 柳色 (yanagi-iro): a dark yellow-green color, as from a willow leaf
[noun] : (card games) a suit in 花札 (hanafuda), representing the month of November
[proper noun] : a surname
Alternative spellings
, 楊柳, ヤナギ
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
やぎ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
やぎ
[noun] [from 759] willow tree
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)


Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
りゅう
Grade: S
kun'yomi

/riu//rjuː/

Ultimately from Middle Chinese (MC ljuwX). While the affix is cited in the 700s with this reading, the proper noun is first cited to a text from the mid-1400s.[1]

Pronunciation

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Affix

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(りゅう) (ryūりう (riu)?

  1. [from 700s] willow, especially weeping willow
  2. [from 700s] thin as a willow leaf
Derived terms
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Proper noun

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Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja

(りゅう) (Ryūりう (Riu)?

  1. [from mid-1400s] (Chinese astronomy) the Willow as one of the twenty-eight mansions
    Synonym: 柳宿 (Ryūshuku)
  2. a female given name
  3. a surname

References

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  1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

Korean

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Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 버들 (beodeul ryu), word-initial (South Korea) 버들 (beodeul yu))

  1. hanja form? of / (willow tree)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: liễu, lẫu, lãu

  1. Chữ Hán form of Liễu (a surname from Chinese.).

Zhuang

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Noun

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  1. Sawndip form of gyaeuj (head; headhair)