鮮于

Chinese

		few; rare; fresh	surname
trad. (鮮于)		鮮	于
simp. (鲜于)		鲜	于

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Etymology

According to Yuanhe Xingzuan:

箕子封於朝鮮，支子仲食采於于，子孫因合鮮于為氏。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

箕子封于朝鲜，支子仲食采于于，子孙因合鲜于为氏。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 812, Lin Bao（林寶）, 《元和姓纂》

Jīzǐ fēng yú Cháoxiǎn/Zhāoxiān, zhīzǐ Zhòng shícài yú Yú, zǐsūn yīn hé xiānyú wéi shì. [Pinyin]

Jizi was enfeoffed in present-day Korea and began his new dynasty. Jizi's non-heir second son had been granted a fief named Yu, his descendants therefore combined 'Xian' (taken from the kingdom name) with 'Yu', the fiefdom name, forming the compound surname 'Xianyu.'

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xiānyú

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ jyu⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sian-u / Sian-û / Sian-î

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xiānyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sianyú
  - Wade–Giles: Hsien¹-yü²
  - Yale: Syān-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shianyu
  - Palladius: Сяньюй (Sjanʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ jyu⁴
  - Yale: sīn yùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ jy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ yu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ jyː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sian-u
  - Tâi-lô: Sian-u
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sien'w
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ u³³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ u⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sian-û
  - Tâi-lô: Sian-û
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sien'uu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² u²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sian-î
  - Tâi-lô: Sian-î
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sien'ii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² i¹³/

Proper noun

鮮于

a surname
- 天寶中鮮于仲通南溪下兵，亦是此路。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  天宝中鲜于仲通南溪下兵，亦是此路。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 862, Fan Chuo（樊綽）,《蠻書》
  Tiānbǎo zhōng Xiānyú Zhòngtōng Nánxī xiàbīng, yì shì cǐ lù. [Pinyin]
  During the Tianbao era, Xianyu Zhongtong who sent down troops from Nanxi used this road as well.