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萸

yú

Character

What 萸 means

1. used in {茱萸|zhū yú}

Words containing 萸

• 茱萸zhū yúcornel (Cornus spp.)
• 山茱萸shān zhū yúJapanese cornel (Cornus officinalis)

Characters built on 臾

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

• 腴yúfat on belly; fertile; rich
• 谀yúto flatter
• 庾Yǔsurname Yu; name of a mountain
• 瘐yǔto maltreat (as prisoners)

Characters that look like 萸

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

• 策cèpolicy; plan; scheme
• 粟sùmillet; (metonym) grain
• 冤yuāninjustice; grievance; wrong
• 萱xuānorange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)
• 隽juànmeaningful; significant
• 莠yǒuSetaria viridis; vicious

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