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禺

yú

Character

What 禺 means

1. archaicdistrict
2. oldtype of monkey

Other readings

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

• ǒuold variant of {偶|ǒu}

Words containing 禺

• 曹禺Cáo YúCao Yu (1910-1997), PRC dramatist
• 番禺区Pān yú QūPanyu, a district of Guangzhou City 广州市
• 番禺Pān yúsee 番禺区

Characters that look like 禺

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
• 画huàto draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划
• 禹YǔYu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods; surname Yu
• 莴wōused in 莴苣; used in 莴笋
• 莪ézedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric

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