Chinese Character Wiki
俞

yú, shù

surname

Phonosemantic compound. 舟 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound. Original meaning unclear.

Components
舟 meaning component

舟  Meaning component

zhōu

  

boat

余 sound component

余  Sound component

yú

  

I

Evolution

俞 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
俞 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
俞 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

俞  

yú

surname; consent, approve; yes (used by Emperor or ruler); OK; to accede; to assent

俞  

Yú

surname Yu

俞  

shù

variant of 腧[shù]

Most common words with 俞
Freq.
Word
Meaning

俞

OK

俞正声

Yu Zhengsheng (1945-), PRC politician

俞天白

Yu Tianbai (1937-), novelist

俞文豹

Yu Wenbao (lived around 1240), prolific Song dynasty poet

Component uses

Sound component in 20 characters (4 verified)

輸 输 偷 愉 愈 喻 諭 谕 逾 瑜 榆 渝 觎 覦 揄 嵛 窬 腧 蝓 毹

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lo

yu

yú

yes, agree; satisfied, at ease


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3251st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+4FDE

Shuowen

“兪，空中木為舟也。从亼，从舟，从。，水也。”


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