璵

See also: 玙

璵 U+74B5, 璵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-74B5 ← 璴 [U+74B4] CJK Unified Ideographs 璶 → [U+74B6]

Translingual

Han character

璵 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 一土竹難金 (MGHXC), four-corner 1718₁, composition ⿰𤣩與)

1. beautiful jade

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 744, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21297
• Dae Jaweon: page 1152, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1142, character 1
• Unihan data for U+74B5

Chinese

trad.		璵
simp.		玙

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 璵
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
攑	*kʰlan
藇	*sla, *ljaʔ, *la, *laʔ, *las
嶼	*ljaʔ
鱮	*ljaʔ
舉	*klaʔ
櫸	*klaʔ
舁	*la
與	*la, *laʔ, *las
輿	*la, *las
旟	*la
璵	*la
歟	*la, *laʔ, *las
譽	*la, *las
嬩	*la
擧	*la
鸒	*la, *las
礜	*las
穥	*las

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú (yu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yú
    • Wade–Giles: yü²
    • Yale: yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/

---

• Middle Chinese: yo

Rime
Character	璵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以諸切
Baxter	yo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/iɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨə̆/
Li Rong	/iɔ/
Wang Li	/jĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*la/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	璵
Reading #	1/1
No.	15895
Phonetic component	舁
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	余
Old Chinese	/*la/

Definitions

璵

1. beautiful jade
2. (figuratively) used to refer to elegant or beautiful people with good moral qualities

Japanese

Kanji

璵

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. beautiful jade

Readings

• Go-on: よ (yo)
• Kan-on: よ (yo)

Korean

Hanja

璵 • (yeo) (hangeul 여, revised yeo, McCune–Reischauer yŏ, Yale ye)

1. hanja form^? of 여 (“jade”)