悠
yōu HSK7

long

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 攸 represents the sound.

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
攸
攸 Sound component
yōu distant

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyuwliwlong-brooding
Zhengzhanglɯw
Unicodeiou

說文解字

憂也。从心攸聲。

Sources

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