yǒu

black

Components

Meaning component
hēi black

black

Sound component
yòu young, infant

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqliw
qrɯwʔ

說文解字

微青黑色。从黑幼聲。《爾雅》曰:“地謂之黝。”

Sources

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