yú
elm tree
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 俞 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 榆
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
Yushu county level city in Changchun 長春|长春, Jilin | ||
elm | ||
Yulin prefecture level city in Shaanxi | ||
Yulin prefecture level city in Shaanxi | ||
Yuci district of Jinzhong city 晉中市|晋中市[Jìnzhōngshì], Shanxi |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*lo | yu | yú | elm |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3272nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+6986 |
Shuowen | “榆,白枌。从木,俞聲。” |
Sources
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