yōu

the bleating of the deer

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
yòu young, infant

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqrɯw
Unicodegiəu

說文解字

鹿鳴聲也。从口幼聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica