黝

黝 · yǒu

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
yǒu
Cantonese
jau2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

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Dictionary definitions & readings

黝 yǒu · black; dark green

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74748.020:yǒu,yī Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1404.040:yǒu Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
444.160:yǒu Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
yǒu粵jau2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ユウ ヨウ イ ユ あおぐろい あおぐろ くろい Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
유:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
於脂 於糾 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
WFVIS Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6432.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1519.270 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
054.34 327.50 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1115h Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9EDD
Radical
黑 · 203
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6242

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
黝
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 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
'jij · 於脂 · 止開三平脂影 · #159
Middle Chinese
'jiwX · 於糾 · 流開三上幽影 · #1974

PHONO-ML, source line 1353; 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
1562.503
kDaeJaweon
2053.150
kGSR
1115h
kHanYu
74748.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
2053.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74748.020
kIRGKangXi
1519.270
kKangXi
1519.270
kKarlgren
255
kLau
3349
kMatthews
7547
kMeyerWempe
1974d 3845e
kMorohashi
48082 48082:E0101
kSBGY
054.34 327.50
kSMSZD2003Index
826.01
kCangjie
WFVIS
kFourCornerCode
6432.7
kHKGlyph
4728
kMojiJoho
MJ029909 MJ029909:E0101 MJ029910:E0102
kPhonetic
1507
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-776E
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C24B
kIRG_JSource
J0-735B
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-90F5
kIRG_KSource
K1-6A25
kIRG_TSource
T1-7637
kRSUnicode
203.5
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C24B
kCCCII
21626D
kCNS1986
1-7637
kCNS1992
1-7637
kEACC
21626D
kGB0
8778
kGB1
8778
kJis0
8359
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7821
kTGH
2013:6242
kTaiwanTelegraph
7821
kXerox
273:064
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7438+203.12.5
kCantonese
jau2
kDefinition
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kFanqie
於脂 於糾
kHangul
유:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74748.020:yǒu,yī
kJapanese
ユウ ヨウ イ ユ あおぐろい あおぐろ くろい
kJapaneseKun
AOGURO
kJapaneseOn
YUU
kKorean
YU
kMandarin
yǒu
kSMSZD2003Readings
yǒu粵jau2
kTGHZ2013
444.160:yǒu
kXHC1983
1404.040:yǒu

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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3dictionary records using 黝0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰黑幼$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.