尤

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outstanding; particularly, especially; a fault; to express discontentment against

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

Components 尢丶

remarkable · Heisig RSH #240

犬 pooch + human legs — as a component also called: Frankenpooch

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
尤里斯·伊文思	Yóu lǐ sī · Yī wén sī	Joris Ivens (1898-1989), Dutch documentary filmmaker and committed communist
尤利西斯	Yóu lì xī sī	Ulysses (novel)
尤克里里	yóu kè lǐ lǐ	ukulele (loanword)
尤文图斯	Yóu wén tú sī	Juventus, Italian football team
尤加利	yóu jiā lì	eucalyptus (loanword)
尤卡坦半岛	Yóu kǎ tǎn Bàn dǎo	Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico)
怨天尤人	yuàn tiān yóu rén	(idiom) to blame the gods and accuse others
尤溪县	Yóu xī Xiàn	Youxi, a county in Sanming City 三明市[San1 ming2 Shi4], Fujian
尤其是	yóu qí shì	especially; most of all; above all; in particular
尤金	Yóu jīn	(name) Eugene
尤物	yóu wù	rarity; rare object; rare person; extraordinarily beautiful woman
尤德	Yóu dé	Sir Edward Youde (1924-1986), British diplomat, ambassador to Beijing 1974-1978, governor …
尤卡坦	Yóu kǎ tǎn	Yucatan (Mexican province)
尤尔钦科	Yóu ěr qīn kē	Yurchenko (name); Natalia Yurchenko (1965-), Russian gymnast; Yurchenko, a type of jump-of…
尤利娅·季莫申科	Yóu lì yà · Jì mò shēn kē	Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician
尤为	yóu wéi	especially
尤指	yóu zhǐ	especially; particularly
尤其	yóu qí	especially; particularly
效尤	xiào yóu	to follow a bad example
尤溪	Yóu xī	see 尤溪縣\|尤溪县[You2 xi1 Xian4]