Chinese Character Wiki
禹

yǔ

insect; proper name

Depicts some sort of bug.

Evolution

禹 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
禹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

禹  

yǔ

legendary hsia dynasty founder

禹  

Yǔ

Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods; surname Yu

Most common words with 禹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

禹

surname Yu

大禹

Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC) mythical leader who tamed the floods

刘禹锡

Liu Yuxi (772-842), Tang poet

禹州市

Yuzhou, county-level city in Xuchang 許昌市|许昌市[Xǔ​chāng​shì], Henan

禹州

Yuzhou, county-level city in Xuchang 許昌市|许昌市[Xǔ​chāng​shì], Henan

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

齲 龋 踽

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

属

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ

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yǔ

insect; proper name


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2889th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+79B9

Shuowen

“禹，蟲也。从厹，象形。，古文禹。”


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