郁
yù HSK7

surname Yu

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Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 有 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鬱.

Components

⻏
⻏ Meaning component

阝 is a component form of 邑.

有
有 Sound component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'juwkqʷək stately, elegant

說文解字

《說文》：“郁，右扶風郁夷也。从邑，有聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)