yòu

pomelo

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
tree
Sound component
yóu cause

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglɯwɢs
l'ɯwɢ
Unicodeiòu

說文解字

條也。似橙而酢。从木由聲。《夏書》曰:“厥包橘柚。”

Sources

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