yóu

like

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of . Based on the original meaning "type of monkey". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
犭 meaning component

  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

is a component form of .

尤 sound component

  Sound component

yóu

  

especially

Evolution

犹 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
犹 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
犹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
犹 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
犹 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
犹 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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yóu

like, similar to, just like, as; as if; (just) like; just as; still; yet

Most common words with 犹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

犹太人

Jew

犹豫

to hesitate

犹太

Jew

犹如

similar to

as if

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)