yú
corner
Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 禺 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 隅
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
corner | ||
fig. to miss out on sth | ||
Zayü county, Tibetan: Rdza yul rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[Línzhīdìqū], Tibet | ||
coastal area | ||
Zayü county, Tibetan: Rdza yul rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[Línzhīdìqū], Tibet |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ŋ(r)o | ngju | yú | angle, corner |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3387th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+9685 |
Shuowen | “隅,陬也。从,禺聲。” |
Sources
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