佑

佑 U+4F51, 佑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F51 ← 佐 [U+4F50] CJK Unified Ideographs 佒 → [U+4F52]

Stroke order

佑 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人大口 (OKR) or 難人大口 (XOKR), four-corner 2426₀, composition ⿰亻右)

• 㐛, 𫈈, 𫳌, 𭹐

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 507
• Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 131, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4F51

simp. and trad.		佑
alternative forms		右 祐

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷɯs) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs).

Exoactive derivation of 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs, “right”).

“Right” and “left” are metaphors for “to assist” via the following semantic development: “left or right” > “to be on the left or right of a person” > “to assist, to help, to protect”.

Compare the derivation of 佐 (OC *ʔsaːls, “to assist; to help”) from 左 (OC *ʔsaːlʔ, *ʔsaːls, “left”).

佑

1. to assist; to help; to protect

   • 天佑吾民！天佑吾皇！ [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Firmament of the Pleiades

     Tiān yòu wú mín! Tiān yòu wú huáng! [Pinyin]

     God save my people! God save my emperor!

2. (alt. form 祐) to bless
3. a surname
4. (Taiwan) yotta- (SI unit prefix)

   Synonym: 堯／尧 (yáo) (Mainland)

• “佑”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. To help

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: ゆう (yū)^{←いう (iu, historical)}
• Kun: たすける (tasukeru, 佑ける)、すけ (suke)

佑(ゆう) • (Yū) 

1. a male given name

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [u]
• Phonetic hangul: [우]

Wikisource

佑 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u)

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佑: Hán Nôm readings: hữu, hựu

1. to assist; to help