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禹

Yǔ

Character

What 禹 means

1. Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods
2. surname Yu

Example sentences

• 孔子说："像夏禹的为人，我找不到可以指责的漏洞。自己吃着菲薄的饮食，而却用丰厚祭品祭拜祖先与神明；自己平时穿粗劣的衣裳，而在祭祀时穿戴华服礼帽；自己住小房子，却尽力开通水道沟渠。像夏禹这样的人，我实在找不到可以指责的漏洞了。"
  Confucius said: " Yu the Great's conduct, I could not point out any flaws. He consumes meager amount of food, while offering boastful riches to the Gods and ancestors; He always don the crudest attire, but wears lavish garments when worshipping; He resides in a small house, yet forges water ways and ditches with all his might. Figures like Yu the Great, I honestly cannot point out any reprehensible flaws."

Words starting with 禹

• 禹城市Yǔ chéng ShìYucheng, a county-level city in Dezhou City 德州市
• 禹州市Yǔ zhōu ShìYuzhou, a county-level city in Xuchang City 许昌市
• 禹会区Yǔ huì QūYuhui, a district of Bengbu City 蚌埠市
• 禹王台区Yǔ wáng tái QūYuwangtai, a district of Kaifeng City 开封市
• 禹城Yǔ chéngsee 禹城市
• 禹州Yǔ zhōusee 禹州市
• 禹会Yǔ huìsee 禹会区
• 禹王台Yǔ wáng táisee 禹王台区

Words containing 禹

• 大禹Dà YǔYu the Great (c. 21st century BC) mythical leader who tamed the floods
• 刘禹锡Liú Yǔ xīLiu Yuxi (772-842), Tang poet
• 王禹偁Wáng Yǔ chēngWang Yucheng (954-1001) Song dynasty literary figure
• 夏禹Xià Yǔsee 大禹

Characters that look like 禹

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

• 具jùtool; device; utensil
• 离líto leave; to part from; to be away from
• 桑sāng(bound form) mulberry tree
• 屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
• 禺yú(archaic) district; (old) type of monkey
• 皋gāobank; marsh

Sounds the same

Read Yǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 与(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with…
• 语dialect; language; speech
• 雨rain
• 羽feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
• 屿islet
• 予(literary) to give
• 宇room; universe
• 瑀(chalcedony)
• 圄prison; to imprison
• 敔percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip across the…
• 俣big
• 龉used in 龃龉

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