鬻

鬻 · yù

sell; child, childish; nourish

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
yù
Cantonese
juk6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

sell; child, childish; nourish

Dictionary definitions & readings

鬻 yù · to sell, esp. in strained circumstances

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74590.150:zhōu,yù,jū Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1418.120:yù Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
450.100:yù Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
yù粵juk6 zhōu粵zuk1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シュク ビ ミ イク キク コク かゆ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
余六 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
NNMRB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1722.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1459.450 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
455.48 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1024b Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9B3B
Radical
鬲 · 193
Strokes
22
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6476

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

22 strokes
鬻
Strokes
22
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

22 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
yuwk · 余六 · 通開三入東以 · #3207

PHONO-ML, source line 16461; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1521.404
kDaeJaweon
1992.280
kFennIndex
649.01
kGSR
1024b
kHanYu
74590.150
kIRGDaeJaweon
1992.280
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74590.150
kIRGKangXi
1459.450
kKangXi
1459.450
kMatthews
7691
kMeyerWempe
3937c
kMorohashi
45721
kNelson
5275
kSBGY
455.48
kSMSZD2003Index
795.12 209.12
kCangjie
NNMRB
kFenn
589I
kFourCornerCode
1722.7
kMojiJoho
MJ029012
kPhonetic
94 301
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-6577
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F7A7
kIRG_JSource
J0-6478
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-8C15
kIRG_KSource
K2-7039
kIRG_TSource
T2-6E54
kRSUnicode
193.12
kTotalStrokes
22
kBigFive
F7A7
kCCCII
39505B
kCNS1986
2-6E54
kCNS1992
2-6E54
kEACC
39505B
kGB0
6987
kGB1
6987
kJis0
6888
kMainlandTelegraph
7605
kTGH
2013:6476
kTaiwanTelegraph
7605
kXerox
275:311
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6057+193.10.12
kCantonese
juk6
kDefinition
sell; child, childish; nourish
kFanqie
余六
kHanyuPinyin
74590.150:zhōu,yù,jū
kJapanese
シュク ビ ミ イク キク コク かゆ
kJapaneseKun
KAYU HISAGU
kJapaneseOn
SHUKU IKU
kMandarin
yù
kSMSZD2003Readings
yù粵juk6 zhōu粵zuk1
kTGHZ2013
450.100:yù
kXHC1983
1418.120:yù

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 鬻0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
粥 above 鬲 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱粥鬲$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱粥鬲$(GHTJKP)

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