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愚

yú

stupid

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 禺 represents the sound.

Components
心 meaning component

心  Meaning component

xīn

  

heart

禺 sound component

禺  Sound component

yú, ǒu, yù

  

district

Evolution

愚 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
愚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

愚  

yú

stupid, doltish, foolish; to be stupid; to cheat or deceive; me or I (modest)

Most common words with 愚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

愚蠢

silly

愚

to be stupid

愚昧

ignorant

愚弄

to fool

愚人节

April Fools' Day

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 28.2076% of movies

1314th most common character in movies

1895th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+611A

Shuowen

“愚，戇也。从心，从禺。禺，猴屬，獸之愚者。”


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