谕
yù

proclaim

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 俞 represents the sound. Simplified form of 諭.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

俞
俞 Sound component
yú, shù surname

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

諭 proclaim Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 俞 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
俞
俞 Sound component
yú, shù surname

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglos

說文解字

告也。从言俞聲。

Sources

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