諛

See also: 谀

諛 U+8ADB, 諛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8ADB ← 諚 [U+8ADA] CJK Unified Ideographs 諜 → [U+8ADC]

Translingual

Han character

諛 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹難人 (YRHXO), four-corner 0763₇, composition ⿰訁臾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1169, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35696
• Dae Jaweon: page 1635, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3987, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8ADB

Chinese

trad.		諛
simp.		谀

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
萸	*lo
臾	*ɡruds, *lo
腴	*lo
諛	*lo
楰	*lo, *loʔ
庾	*loʔ
斞	*loʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lo) : semantic 言 + phonetic 臾 (OC *ɡruds, *lo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú (yu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̀
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): jû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ru⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yu

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• 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/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̀
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû
    • Tâi-lô: jû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: juu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /d͡zu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡zu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /d͡zu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ru⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zu⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yu
    • MiniDict: yu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦy²³/

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• Middle Chinese: yu

Rime
Character	諛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	羊朱切
Baxter	yu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/jio/
Shao Rongfen	/io/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juə̆/
Li Rong	/io/
Wang Li	/jĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)o/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lo/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	諛
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yú
Middle Chinese	‹ yu ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ](r)o/
English	flatter (v.)
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	諛
Reading #	1/1
No.	15825
Phonetic component	臾
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	逾
Old Chinese	/*lo/

Definitions

諛

1. ^† to flatter; to truckle; to toady to

   • 僕臣正，厥后克正；僕臣諛，厥后自聖。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     仆臣正，厥后克正；仆臣谀，厥后自圣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

     Púchén zhèng, jué hòu kè zhèng; púchén yú, jué hòu zì shèng. [Pinyin]

     When these household officers are correct, the sovereign will be correct;
     When they are flatterers, the sovereign will consider himself a sage.

   • 謂己道人，則勃然作色；謂己諛人，則怫然作色。而終身道人也，終身諛人也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     谓己道人，则勃然作色；谓己谀人，则怫然作色。而终身道人也，终身谀人也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Wèi jǐ dào rén, zé bórán zuòsè; wèi jǐ yú rén, zé fúrán zuòsè. Ér zhōngshēn dào rén yě, zhōngshēn yú rén yě. [Pinyin]

     Tell a man that he is merely following (the opinions) of another, and at once he flushes with anger.
     Tell a man that he is flatterer of others, and immediately he flushes with anger.
     And yet all his life he is merely following others, and flattering them.

2. ^† flattery; toadying words
3. ^† (ideophonic) kind; gentle; meek

Compounds

• 佞諛／佞谀
• 口諛／口谀
• 奉諛／奉谀
• 好諛惡直／好谀恶直
• 姦諛／奸谀
• 媚諛／媚谀
• 寅諛／寅谀
• 導諛／导谀
• 巧諛／巧谀
• 從諛／从谀
• 恐諛／恐谀
• 憸諛／𪫺谀
• 昵諛
• 獻諛／献谀
• 稱諛／称谀
• 詭諛／诡谀
• 誣諛／诬谀
• 諂諛／谄谀 (chǎnyú)
• 諂諛取容／谄谀取容
• 諛佞／谀佞
• 諛儒／谀儒
• 諛優／谀优
• 諛史／谀史
• 諛噱／谀噱
• 諛墓／谀墓
• 諛媚／谀媚
• 諛導／谀导
• 諛巧／谀巧
• 諛悅／谀悦
• 諛然／谀然
• 諛美／谀美
• 諛聞／谀闻
• 諛臣／谀臣
• 諛舌／谀舌
• 諛行／谀行
• 諛言／谀言 (yúyán)
• 諛詞／谀词
• 諛語／谀语
• 諛說／谀说
• 諛誕／谀诞
• 諛諂／谀谄
• 諱諛／讳谀
• 諧諛／谐谀
• 諛謗／谀谤
• 諛贊／谀赞
• 諛辭／谀辞
• 諛順／谀顺
• 諛頌／谀颂
• 謗諛／谤谀
• 謾諛／谩谀
• 譏諛／讥谀
• 譽諛／誉谀
• 讋諛立懦／詟谀立懦
• 讒諛／谗谀
• 貢諛／贡谀
• 貪諛／贪谀
• 贊諛／赞谀
• 進諛／进谀
• 道諛／道谀
• 邪諛／邪谀
• 阿諛／阿谀 (ēyú)
• 阿諛取容／阿谀取容
• 阿諛奉承／阿谀奉承 (ēyúfèngchéng)
• 阿諛曲從／阿谀曲从
• 阿諛趨奉／阿谀趋奉
• 阿諛逢迎／阿谀逢迎
• 阿諛順意／阿谀顺意
• 阿諛順旨／阿谀顺旨
• 險諛／险谀
• 面諛／面谀
• 面諛背毀／面谀背毁
• 頌諛／颂谀

 

Japanese

Kanji

諛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. flatter

Readings

• Go-on: ゆ (yu)
• Kan-on: ゆ (yu)
• Kun: へつらう (hetsurau)

Compounds

Compounds

• 阿諛(あゆ) (ayu): flattery
• 讒諛(ざんゆ) (zan'yu)
• 諂諛(てんゆ) (ten'yu)
• 媚諛(びゆ) (biyu)
• 面諛(めんゆ) (men'yu)
• 諛言(ゆげん) (yugen): flattering words

Korean

Hanja

諛 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

諛: Hán Nôm readings: du, dua, hùa

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