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纡

yū

Character Traditional 紆

What 纡 means

1. winding
2. twisting

Other readings

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

• Yūsurname Yu

Words starting with 纡

• 纡尊降贵yū zūn jiàng guì(idiom) to show deference to sb of lower status; to condescend; to deign

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
• 盂yúbasin; wide-mouthed jar or pot
• 竽yúfree reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙
• 盱xūanxious; stare
• 玗yúsemiprecious stone; a kind of jade

Sounds the same

Read yū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 淤silt; river sludge; to silt up
• 迂literal-minded; pedantic; doctrinaire
• 瘀hematoma (internal blood clot); extravasated blood (spilt into surrounding tissue)…
• 菸to wither; dried leaves; faded
• 箊bamboo with thin; wide leaves
• 於surname Yu; Taiwan pr. Yú