祐
yòu
divine intervention
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Definitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[ɢ]ʷəʔ | hjuwX | yòu | help, blessing |
*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s | hjuwH | yòu | help, blessing |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4281st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+7950 |
Shuowen | “祐,助也。从示,右聲。” |
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