yōu

the bleating of the deer

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

mouth

幼 sound component

  Sound component

yòu

  

young, infant

Evolution

呦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
呦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
呦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yōu

the bleating of the deer; Oh! (exclamation of dismay etc); see 呦呦[yōu​yōu]