yuè

Guangdong and Guangxi provinces

Evolution

粵 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
粵 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
粵 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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yuè

Guangdong and Guangxi provinces; initial particle

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Yuè

Cantonese; short name for Guangdong 廣東|广东[Guǎng​dōng]

Most common words with 粵
Freq.
Word
Meaning

粤语

Cantonese language

Cantonese

粤剧

Cantonese opera

粤菜

Cantonese cuisine

闽粤

Fujian and Guangdong

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷat

hjwot

yuè

generous, favorable


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3151st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Simplified

Unicode

U+7CB5

Shuowen

“粵,亏也。審慎之詞者。从亏,从宷。《周書》曰:‘粵三日丁亥。’”


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