yù
proclaim
Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 俞 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 諭
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
order (from above) | ||
imperial edict | ||
imperial edict | ||
imperial edict | ||
to inform |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 0.6567% of movies
3202nd most common character in movies
2576th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 16 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8AED |
Shuowen | “諭，告也。从言，俞聲。” |
Sources
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