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隅

yú

Character

What 隅 means

1. corner

Words containing 隅

• 向隅xiàng yú(lit.) to face the corner; (fig.) to miss out on sth
• 海隅hǎi yúcoastal area
• 察隅县Chá yú XiànZayu, a county in Nyingchi City 林芝市
• 举隅法jǔ yú fǎsynecdoche
• 向隅而泣xiàng yú ér qì(idiom) to weep in solitude
• 负隅顽抗fù yú wán kàng(idiom) to put up fierce resistance despite being surrounded…
• 局促一隅jú cù yī yúto be cramped in a corner (idiom)
• 失之东隅，收之桑榆shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yúto lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom); to compensate later for one's earlier…
• 察隅Chá yúsee 察隅县

Characters built on 禺

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

• 寓yù(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling…
• 遇yù(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat…
• 愚yúto be stupid; to cheat or deceive; me or I (modest)

Characters that look like 隅

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

• 涨zhǎngto rise (of prices, rivers)
• 绵miánsilk floss; continuous; soft
• 缉jīto seize; to arrest; Taiwan pr. qì
• 绸chóu(light) silk
• 猥wěihumble; rustic; plentiful
• 辋wǎngtire; wheel band

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