Chinese Character Wiki

囿

yòu

pen up

Components
囗 meaning component

囗  Meaning component

wéi

  

surround

enclosure

有 sound component

有  Sound component

yǒu

  

have

Evolution

囿 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
囿 Bronze script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Bronze script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
囿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

囿  

yòu

pen up; limit, constrain; park; to limit; be limited to

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷək-s

hjuwH

yòu

park, garden

*[ɢ]ʷək

hjuwk

yòu

park, garden


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4603rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+56FF

Shuowen

“囿，苑有垣也。从囗，有聲。一曰：禽獸曰囿。，籀文囿。”


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