yǒng

wooden figure buried with dead

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

is a component form of .

甬 sound component

  Sound component

yǒngtǒng

  

path

Evolution

俑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
俑 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yǒng

wooden figure buried with dead; wooden figures buried with the dead

Most common words with 俑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

始作俑者

fig. the originator of an evil practice

兵马俑

Terracotta Army (historic site)

wooden figures buried with the dead

陶俑

a pottery figurine buried with the dead

俑坑

pit with funerary figures