Dong Chinese dictionary

yú, yū, wū

Originally a variant form of 烏, which is a pictograph of a crow. The current use as a function word is a phonetic loan.

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yú

in, at, on; interjection alas!; in; at; to; from; by; than; out of

Yū

surname Yu; Taiwan pr. [Yú]

wū

(literary) Oh!; Ah!

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (0 verified)

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