禺 - Dong Chinese dictionary

yú, ǒu, yù

district

Origin unclear. Likely depicts a monkey. Possibly related to 禹.

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yú

district; mountain in Zhejiang; ancient area

ǒu

archaic variant of 偶[ǒu]

yù

legendary monkey of ancient China

Most common words with 禺

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	番禺	Panyu county in Guangdong province
	番禺区	Panyu district of Guangzhou city 廣州市\|广州市[Guǎngzhōushì], Guangdong
	曹禺	Cao Yu (1910-1997), PRC dramatist
	禺	archaic variant of 偶[ǒu]

Component uses

Sound component in 8 characters (3 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3056th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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