writing brush

Pictograph of a hand holding a writing utensil.

Components
又 iconic component

  Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

◎ iconic component

  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a writing utensil.

Evolution

聿 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
聿 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
聿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

writing brush, pencil; thereupon; (arch. introductory particle); then; and then

Most common words with 聿
Freq.
Word
Meaning

then

贝聿铭

Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-), famous Chinese-American architect

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (4 verified)

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

Iconic component in 4 characters (4 verified)

Remnant component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

Unknown component in 1 character (1 verified)

Deleted component in 1 character (1 verified)