relaxed

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
象 meaning component

  Meaning component

xiàng

  

elephant

予 sound component

  Sound component

  

give

Evolution

豫 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
豫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
豫 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
豫 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

relaxed, comfortable, at ease; happy; carefree; at one's ease; variant of |[yù]; old variant of |[yù]

 

abbr. for Henan province 河南 in central China

Most common words with 豫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

犹豫

to hesitate

毫不犹豫

without the slightest hesitation

犹豫不决

hesitancy

happy

豫剧

Henan opera