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盂

yú

Character

What 盂 means

1. basin
2. wide-mouthed jar or pot

Words starting with 盂

• 盂县Yú XiànYu County or Yuxian, a county in Yangquan City 阳泉市
• 盂方水方yú fāng shuǐ fāngIf the basin is square, the water in it will also be square. (idiom)
• 盂兰盆会Yú lán pén huìFeast of All Souls (fifteenth day of seventh lunar month) (Buddhism)
• 盂兰盆Yú lán pénsee 盂兰盆会

Words containing 盂

• 痰盂tán yúspittoon
• 水盂shuǐ yúwater pot or goblet (for Chinese calligraphy)
• 瓶盂píng yújar; flask; vase
• 钵盂bō yúalms bowl
• 肾盂shèn yúrenal pelvis (medicine)
• 肾盂炎shèn yú yánpyelitis (medicine)
• 盎盂相击àng yú xiāng jī(idiom) to quarrel
• 盎盂相敲àng yú xiāng qiāo(idiom) to quarrel
• 痰盂儿tán yú rerhua variant of 痰盂

Characters built on 于

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

• 吁yùto implore
• 宇yǔroom; universe
• 迂yūliteral-minded; pedantic; doctrinaire
• 芋yùtaro; Colocasia antiquorum; Colocasia esculenta
• 竽yúfree reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙
• 纡yūwinding; twisting
• 盱xūanxious; stare
• 玗yúsemiprecious stone; a kind of jade

Characters that look like 盂

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

• 直zhístraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable
• 孟mèngfirst month of a season; eldest amongst brothers
• 轰hōngexplosion; bang; boom
• 盆pénbasin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗
• 歪wāiaskew; at a crooked angle; devious
• 盅zhōnghandleless cup; goblet

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