yú, shù
surname
Phonosemantic compound. 舟 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound. Original meaning unclear.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 俞
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
OK | ||
Yu Zhengsheng (1945-), PRC politician | ||
Yu Tianbai (1937-), novelist | ||
Yu Wenbao (lived around 1240), prolific Song dynasty poet |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*lo | yu | yú | yes, agree; satisfied, at ease |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3251st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+4FDE |
Shuowen | “兪,空中木為舟也。从亼,从舟,从。,水也。” |
Sources
李学勤《字源》p.752
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