嶼
yǔ

island

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 與 represents the sound.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
與
與 Sound component
yǔ, yù together with

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangljaʔ

說文解字

㠀也。从山與聲。

Sources

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

屿 yǔ island Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 与 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嶼.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
与
与 Sound component
yǔ, yù and

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode