懂中文 Dong Chinese

有

yǒu

have

Depicts a hand (又) holding meat (肉). In Oracle script this character was written the same as the phonetically similar 又, but later the 肉 component was added to distinguish them.

Components
又 sound,iconic component

又  Sound Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

肉 iconic component

肉  Iconic component

ròu

  

meat

Deceptively similar but unrelated to the character for moon (月).

Evolution

有 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
有 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
有 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
有 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
有 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

有  

yǒu

have, own, possess; exist; to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be

Most common words with 有
Freq.
Word
Meaning

有

to have

没有

haven't

还有

furthermore

所有

all

有关

to relate to

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

賄 贿

Sound component in 9 characters (1 verified)

郁 囿 宥 鮪 鲔 侑 铕 洧 迶

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

肴