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俞

yú

Character

What 俞 means

1. yes (used by Emperor or ruler)
2. OK
3. to accede
4. to assent

Other readings

俞 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Yúsurname Yu
• shùvariant of {腧|shù}

Words starting with 俞

• 俞穴shù xuéacupuncture point
• 俞天白Yú Tiān báiYu Tianbai (1937-), novelist
• 俞文豹Yú Wén bàoYu Wenbao (lived around 1240), prolific Song dynasty poet
• 俞正声Yú Zhèng shēngYu Zhengsheng (1945-), PRC politician

Characters that look like 俞

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
• 亲qīnparent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative
• 舍shěto give up; to abandon; to give alms
• 瓷cíchinaware; porcelain; china
• 垂chuíto hang (down); droop; dangle
• 坴lùa clod of earth; land

Sounds the same

Read yú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 于to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle
• 鱼fish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼
• 余(literary) I; me; variant of 余
• 愉pleased
• 娱to amuse
• 渔fisherman; to fish
• 愚to be stupid; to cheat or deceive; me or I (modest)
• 舆(literary) chassis of a carriage…
• 逾to exceed; to go beyond; to transcend
• 渝(literary) (of faith, affection etc) to change; to waver (usu. in 不渝
• 予(archaic) I; me
• 瑜excellence; luster of gems