游

See also: 遊 and 逰

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

游 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水卜尸木 (EYSD), four-corner 3814₇)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 635, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17792
• Dae Jaweon: page 1042, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1684, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6E38

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Chinese

trad.		游/遊
simp.		游

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
游	*lu
遊	*lu
蝣	*lu
斿	*lu

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lu) : semantic 㫃 + phonetic 汓 (OC *lju).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóu (you²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jau⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yiu³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóu
    • Wade–Giles: yu²
    • Yale: yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: you
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jau⁴
    • Yale: yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiu²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû
    • Tâi-lô: iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /iu²⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 游

1. to swim

   他游得最遠。／他游得最远。  ―  Tā yóu dé zuì yuǎn.  ―  He swam the furthest.

   他們一起游向那艘船。 [MSC, trad.]
   他们一起游向那艘船。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tāmen yīqǐ yóu xiàng nà sōu chuán. [Pinyin]

   Together they swam to the ship.

2. reach; part of a river

   上游  ―  shàngyóu  ―  upper reach, upstream

   下游  ―  xiàyóu  ―  lower reach, downstream

3. a surname
4. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 遊 (all senses).

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Japanese

Kanji

游

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Float
2. Swim

Readings

• On (unclassified): ゆう (yū), りゅう (ryū)
• Kun: およぐ (oyogu), あそぶ (asobu), あそび (asobi)
• equivalent: 遊

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 游 (du)

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