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yúYú

surname

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Phonosemantic compound. 舟 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound. Original meaning unclear.

Components

舟
舟 Meaning component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 舟 than it was in ancient scripts.
余
余 Sound component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 余 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyulo yes, agree; satisfied, at ease

說文解字

《說文》：“兪，空中木為舟也。从亼，从舟，从。，水也。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.752
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)