Chinese Character Wiki
幼

yòu

young, infant

Someone who is young has weak (幺) strength (力). 幺 represents the sound.

Components
幺 sound,meaning component

幺  Sound Meaning component

me, yāo

  

tiny

Used here to allude to being tiny and weak.

力 meaning component

力  Meaning component

lì

  

power

Evolution

幼 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
幼 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
幼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
幼 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
幼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

幼  

yòu

infant, young child; immature; young

Most common words with 幼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

幼儿园

kindergarten

幼稚

young

幼

young

幼儿

infant

年幼

young

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

蚴

Sound component in 6 characters (0 verified)

黝 拗 坳 窈 蚴 呦

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ʔ](r)iw-s

'jiwH

yòu

young


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 10.3476% of movies

1978th most common character in movies

1577th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+5E7C

Shuowen

“幼，少也。从幺，从力。”


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