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釉

yòu

Character

What 釉 means

1. glaze (of porcelain)

Words containing 釉

• 唇釉chún yòu(cosmetics) liquid lipstick…
• 瓷釉cí yòuporcelain glaze
• 青釉qīng yòuceladon, classic Chinese style of ceramic glaze
• 牙釉质yá yòu zhìtooth enamel

Characters built on 由

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

• 油yóuoil; fat; grease
• 邮yóupost (office); mail
• 抽chōuto draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole…
• 轴zhóuaxis; axle; spool (for thread)
• 宙zhòueternity; (geology) eon
• 铀yóuuranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. yòu
• 柚yòupomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
• 鼬yòu(zoology) weasel

Characters that look like 釉

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

• 触chùto touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
• 粘zhānto glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to
• 戟jǐhalberd; long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade…
• 酣hānintoxicated
• 鹈tíused in 鹈鹕
• 粕pògrains in distilled liquor

Sounds the same

Read yòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 又(once) again; also; both... and...
• 右(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center…
• 幼young
• 诱(literary) to induce; to entice
• 佑(bound form) to bless; to protect
• 柚pomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
• 宥to forgive; to help; profound
• 鼬(zoology) weasel
• 祐(of divinity) to bless; to protect
• 囿park; to limit; be limited to
• 侑(literary) to urge sb (to eat or drink)
• 蚴larva