Dong Chinese dictionary

yòu

right

Pictograph of a right hand. The 口 (mouth) component was added later to distinguish the character from 又.

Components

yòu

(hand), again

Depicts a right hand.

kǒu

mouth

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yòu

right; west; right-wing; right (-hand); the Right (politics); west (old)

Most common words with 右

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Sources