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毓

yù

Character

What 毓 means

1. literaryto produce; to foster; to nurture

Words starting with 毓

• 毓婷Yù tíngYuting, trade name of an emergency birth control tablet containing the hormonal…

Words containing 毓

• 孙毓棠Sūn Yù tángSun Yutang (1911-1985), historian and poet, studied in Tokyo, Oxford and Harvard
• 钟灵毓秀zhōng líng yù xiù(of a place) endowed with a natural beauty that nurtures people of talent (idiom)

Characters built on 㐬

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

• 疏shūto dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin
• 梳shūto comb; (bound form) a comb

Characters that look like 毓

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

• 跪guìto kneel
• 锰měngmanganese (chemistry)
• 跺duòto stamp one's feet
• 龈yíngums (of the teeth)
• 辕yuánshaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen…
• 镊niè(bound form) tweezers; to use tweezers…

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