Chinese Character Wiki

臾

yú

moment

Evolution

臾 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
臾 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
臾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

臾  

yú

moment, instant, short while; a moment; little while

臾  

Yú

surname Yu

Most common words with 臾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

须臾

in a flash

臾

a moment

Component uses

Sound component in 6 characters (0 verified)

諛 谀 腴 庾 萸 瘐

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ](r)o

yu

yú

pull, drag


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4584th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+81FE

Shuowen

“臾，束縛捽抴為臾。从申，从乙。”


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