Dong Chinese dictionary

yóu

to swim

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 斿 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

斿 Sound component

yóu

to move freely

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yóu

to swim; float, drift; wander, roam; variant of 遊|游[yóu]

Yóu

surname You

yóu

to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel

Most common words with 游

Sources