隅
yú

corner

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 禺 represents the sound.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

禺
禺 Sound component
yú, yù, ǒu district

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngjuŋ(r)oangle, corner
Zhengzhangŋo
Unicodengio

說文解字

陬也。从𨸏禺聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)