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阈

yù

Character Traditional 閾

What 阈 means

1. threshold

Words starting with 阈

• 阈值yù zhíthreshold
• 阈限yù xiàn(psychology) threshold; liminal

Words containing 阈

• 听阈tīng yùaudibility threshold

Characters built on 或

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

• 域yùfield; region; area
• 彧yùaccomplished; elegant
• 蜮yù(Chinese mythology) creature that lives underwater and spits sand to make people ill

Characters that look like 阈

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

• 阐chǎnto express; to disclose; to enlighten
• 阔kuòrich; wide; broad
• 阎yán(literary) the gate of a lane
• 阑lánrailing; balustrade; door-screen
• 阉yānto castrate; a castrate; neuter
• 阄jiūlots (to be drawn); lot (in a game of chance)

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