See also:
U+8B72, 譲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B72

[U+8B71]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8B73]

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Glyph origin

Simplified from (). The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.

Han character

(Kangxi radical 149, 言+13, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜口卜金女 (YRYCV), composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1184, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36037
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 4025, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+8B72

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to allow; to let; to permit; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Jōyō kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. to allow, to permit, to yield, to concede

Readings

  • Go-on: にょう (nyō)にやう (nyau, historical)
  • Kan-on: じょう (, Jōyō)じやう (zyau, historical)
  • Kun: ゆずる (yuzuru, 譲る, Jōyō)せめる (semeru, 譲める)ゆずり (yuzuri)

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
じょう
Grade: S
kan'on
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (MC nyangH).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じょ [jóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ː]

Proper noun

(じょう) • (じやう (Zyau)?

  1. a male given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ゆず(る)
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From the verb (ゆず) (yuzuru, to yield, to concede).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ずる [yùzúrú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟zɨɾɯ̟]

Proper noun

(ゆずる) • (Yuzuruゆづる (Yuduru)?

  1. a male given name