幽
yōu HSK5

secluded, remote

幽 yōu
ancient province place name
an ancient district spanning Liaoning and Hebei provinces

幽州曾是北方的军事重镇。

yōu zhōu céng shì běi​fāng de jūn​shì zhòng​zhèn.

Youzhou was once a key military town in the north.

secluded adjective
remote, hidden away, or quiet and serene

这条通往山顶的小径深幽而寂静。

zhè tiáo tōng​wǎng shān​dǐng de xiǎo​jìng shēn yōu ér jì​jìng.

This path leading to the mountain top is secluded and quiet.

underworld noun
relating to the world of the dead or spirits in superstition

幽灵在古堡中游荡。

yōu líng zài gǔ​bǎo zhōng yóu​dàng.

Ghosts haunt the old castle.

imprison verb
to confine or keep in custody

他被幽禁在深宫之中。

tā bèi yōu​jìn zài shēn​gōng zhī​zhōng.

He was imprisoned deep within the palace.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,636th most common 58.5 per million
Movie subtitles
1,654th most common 34.3 per million appears in 15% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.47 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
7.96 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+5E7D

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)