佑
yòu HSK7

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Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 右 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

右
右 Sound component
yòu right

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthjuwH[ɢ]ʷəʔ-sassist
Zhengzhangɢʷɯs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica