yínyóu

to move on

Pictograph of a person carrying a burden or an axe on their shoulder. Same in origin to .

Components
◎ iconic component

  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts an axe or a burden.

人 iconic component

  Iconic component

rén

  

person

Evolution

冘 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
冘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
冘 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
冘 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yín

to move on; doubtful, to hesitate; to go forward; to advance

 

yóu

(bound form) mostly used in either 冘豫[yóu​yù] or 冘疑[yóu​yí]

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 8 characters (2 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+5198

Shuowen

“冘,淫淫,行貌。从人出冂。”
Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.450-451



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