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峪

yù

Character

What 峪 means

1. valley

Words containing 峪

• 嘉峪关Jiā yù GuānJiayu Pass in Gansu, at the western terminus of the Great Wall
• 慕田峪Mù tián yùMutianyu, well-preserved section of the Great Wall 70km from Beijing
• 嘉峪关城Jiā yù guān chéngJiayuguan fort in the Gansu corridor; Ming dynasty military fort, the western end of the…
• 嘉峪关市Jiā yù guān ShìJiayuguan, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肃省

Characters built on 谷

These share the phonetic component 谷 (gǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 浴yùbath; to bathe
• 欲yùdesire; appetite; passion
• 俗súcustom; convention; popular
• 裕yùabundant
• 鹆yùmynah

Characters that look like 峪

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

• 格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…
• 浴yùbath; to bathe
• 惨cǎnmiserable; wretched; cruel
• 骆luòcamel; white horse with a black mane (archaic)
• 垢gòudirt; disgrace
• 晦huì(bound form) last day of a lunar month; (bound form) dark; gloomy; (literary) night

Sounds the same

Read yù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 育to have children; to raise or bring up; to educate
• 遇(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat…
• 预to advance; in advance; beforehand
• 域field; region; area
• 寓(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling…
• 欲desire; appetite; passion
• 玉jade
• 豫happy; carefree; at one's ease
• 浴bath; to bathe
• 吁to implore
• 狱prison
• 誉to praise; to acclaim; reputation