yòu
help
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 右 represents the sound.
Evolution
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 佑
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
blessing | ||
to assist | ||
to bless | ||
Zhan Tianyou (1861-1919), Chinese railroad engineer | ||
blessing |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s | hjuwH | yòu | assist |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 13.7434% of movies
1728th most common character in movies
2775th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+4F51 |
Sources
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