yù
relaxed
Phonosemantic compound. 象 represents the meaning and 予 represents the sound.
Evolution

Bronze script
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 豫
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to hesitate | ||
without the slightest hesitation | ||
hesitancy | ||
happy | ||
Henan opera |
Sources