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愉

yú

pleasant

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 俞 represents the sound.

Components
忄 meaning component

忄  Meaning component

xin, xīn

  

heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

俞 sound component

俞  Sound component

yú, shù

  

surname

Evolution

愉 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
愉 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
愉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
愉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

愉  

yú

pleasant, delightful; please; pleased

Most common words with 愉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

愉快

cheerful

愉悦

joyful

欢愉

happy

愉

pleased

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lo

yu

yú

enjoy


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 28.6721% of movies

1332nd most common character in movies

1982nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+6109

Shuowen

“愉，薄也。从心，俞聲。《論語》曰：‘私覿愉愉如也。’”


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