yòu

divine intervention

Evolution

祐 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

yòu

divine intervention, protection; (of divinity) to bless; to protect

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷəʔ

hjuwX

yòu

help, blessing

*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s

hjuwH

yòu

help, blessing


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4281st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+7950

Shuowen

“祐,助也。从示,右聲。”


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