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揄

yú

lift

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

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

俞 sound component

俞  Sound component

yú, shù

  

surname

Evolution

揄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
揄 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
揄 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

揄  

yú

lift, raise; praise; hang; flap; to draw out; to let hanging

Most common words with 揄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

揶揄

to mock

揄

to draw out

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4725th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+63C4

Shuowen

“揄，引也。从手，俞聲。”


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