yǒu

ancient form of the tenth of the twelve Terrestrial Branches

Evolution

丣 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

yǒu

ancient form of the tenth of the twelve Terrestrial Branches, U+9149 ; old variant of [yǒu]

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+4E23

Shuowen

“酉,就也。八月黍成,可為酎酒。象古文酉之形。丣,古文酉,从卯。卯為春門,萬物已出。酉為秋門,萬物已入。一,閉門象也。”


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