愉
yú HSK6

pleasant

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

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

俞
俞 Sound component
yú, shù surname

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyulo enjoy

說文解字

《說文》：“愉，薄也。从心，俞聲。《論語》曰：‘私覿愉愉如也。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)