Chinese Character Wiki
聿

yù

writing brush

Pictograph of a hand holding a writing utensil.

Components
又 iconic component

又  Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a writing utensil.

Evolution

聿 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
聿 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
聿 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
聿 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

聿  

yù

writing brush, pencil; thereupon; (arch. introductory particle); then; and then

Most common words with 聿
Freq.
Word
Meaning

聿

then

贝聿铭

Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-), famous Chinese-American architect

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (4 verified)

书 書 律 筆

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

律 津

Iconic component in 4 characters (4 verified)

建 畫 肃 肅

Remnant component in 2 characters (2 verified)

肃 肅

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

书

Unknown component in 1 character (1 verified)

晝

Deleted component in 1 character (1 verified)

画

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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