yù
writing brush
Pictograph of a hand holding a writing utensil.
Components
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 聿
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
then | ||
Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-), famous Chinese-American architect |
Component uses
Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)
Unknown component in 1 character (1 verified)
Deleted component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[N.]rut | ywit | yù | following, thereupon |
*[m-]rut | ywit | yù | writing stylus or brush (pron. in Chǔ 楚 ap. Shuōwén; E. Hàn) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3526th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 6 |
Unicode | U+807F |
Shuowen | “聿,所以書也。楚謂之聿,吳謂之不律,燕謂之弗。从,一聲。” |
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