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谕

yù

Character Traditional 諭

What 谕 means

1. order (from above)

Words starting with 谕

• 谕旨yù zhǐimperial edict
• 谕示yù shìto issue a directive; to instruct (that sth be done)

Words containing 谕

• 上谕shàng yùimperial edict
• 告谕gào yù(literary) to inform (the public); to give clear instructions…
• 手谕shǒu yù(literary) handwritten instruction from a superior or elder
• 神谕shén yùoracle
• 圣谕shèng yùimperial edict; see also 上谕
• 面谕miàn yùto instruct sb personally
• 福泽谕吉Fú zé Yù jíFukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901), prominent Japanese Westernizer, liberal educator and…
• 钧谕jūn yù(deferential) your instructions
• 诏谕zhào yùimperial decree
• 晓谕xiǎo yùvariant of 晓喻
• 讽谕fěng yùvariant of 讽喻
• 风谕fēng yùsee 讽喻

Characters built on 俞

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

• 输shūto lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute
• 愉yúpleased
• 愈yùthe more...(the more...); to recover; to heal
• 逾yúto exceed; to go beyond; to transcend
• 瑜yúexcellence; luster of gems
• 喻yùto describe sth as; an analogy; a simile
• 渝yú(literary) (of faith, affection etc) to change; to waver (usu. in 不渝
• 榆yúelm

Characters that look like 谕

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

• 遍biàneverywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time
• 偷tōuto steal; to pilfer; to snatch
• 逾yúto exceed; to go beyond; to transcend
• 谧mì(literary) quiet; peaceful; tranquil
• 淩língvariant of 凌
• 逵kuícrossroads; thoroughfare

Sounds the same

Read yù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 育to have children; to raise or bring up; to educate
• 遇(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat…
• 预to advance; in advance; beforehand
• 域field; region; area
• 寓(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling…
• 欲desire; appetite; passion
• 玉jade
• 豫happy; carefree; at one's ease
• 浴bath; to bathe
• 吁to implore
• 狱prison
• 誉to praise; to acclaim; reputation