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腴

yú

Character

What 腴 means

1. fat on belly
2. fertile
3. rich

Words containing 腴

• 丰腴fēng yúfull-bodied; well-rounded; fig. fertile land

Characters built on 月

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

• 服fúclothes; dress; garment
• 育yùto have children; to raise or bring up; to educate
• 股gǔthigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share
• 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 骨gǔbone
• 肤fūskin
• 腹fùabdomen; stomach; belly
• 肚dùbelly

Characters that look like 腴

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

• 腰yāothe waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)…
• 赎shúto redeem; to ransom
• 腺xiàngland
• 缤bīnused in 缤纷
• 睫jiéeyelashes
• 腋yè(bound form) armpit; axilla; axil

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