Chinese Character Wiki
斿

yóu

to move freely

Original meaning: 

travel

Depicts a child (子) holding a flag (㫃) in a group of people setting off on a journey. Based on the original meaning "travel", now written as 遊.

Components
㫃 iconic component

㫃  Iconic component

yǎn

  

flags flying

子 iconic component

子  Iconic component

zi, zǐ

  

child

Evolution

斿 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
斿 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
斿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
斿 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
斿 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

斿  

yóu

to swim; to move or rove freely; scallops along lower edge of flag

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

遊

Sound component in 3 characters (2 verified)

游 遊 蝣

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[N.]ru

yuw

yóu

pendants of a banner


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+65BF

Shuowen

“游，旌旗之流也。从，汓聲。，古文游。”


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