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愈

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the more...(the more...); to recover; to heal; better

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
13
Radical
心 +9
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
愈
Common rank
#2,317
Unicode
U+6108

Formation & memory

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How 愈 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

心 meaning “heart” + 俞 sound ( yú )

Components 俞 心

How to remember it

more and more · Heisig RSH #1793

slaughterhouse + 心 heart

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 愈

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
不治而愈 bù zhì ér yù to recover spontaneously (from an illness); to get better without medical treatment
治愈系 zhì yù xì uplifting; rejuvenating; heartwarming
霍然而愈 huò rán ér yù to recover speedily (idiom); to get better quickly
愈伤组织 yù shāng zǔ zhī (botany) callus
自愈 zì yù to heal oneself; to repair itself; self-healing
愈发 yù fā all the more; increasingly
愈合 yù hé (of a wound) to heal
病愈 bìng yù to recover (from an illness)
愈加 yù jiā all the more; even more; further
治愈 zhì yù to cure; to restore to health; uplifting; heartwarming
全愈 quán yù variant of 痊癒|痊愈[quan2 yu4]
愈复 yù fù recovery (after illness)
每下愈况 měi xià yù kuàng see 每況愈下|每况愈下[mei3 kuang4 yu4 xia4]
每况愈下 měi kuàng yù xià to steadily deteriorate
愈来愈 yù lái yù more and more
愈益 yù yì increasingly; more and more
愈演愈烈 yù yǎn yù liè ever more critical; problems get more and more intense
疗愈 liáo yù to heal; therapy
愈描愈黑 yù miáo yù hēi see 越描越黑[yue4 miao2 yue4 hei1]
韩愈 Hán Yù Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古…

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 俞 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
俞 sound part yú to consent, to approve; surname
输 shū to carry, to haul, to transport
偷 tōu to steal; burglar, thief
榆 yú elm tree
喻 yù metaphor, analogy; example; such as, like
谕 yù to proclaim; to instruct; edict
瑜 yú flawless gem or jewel
渝 yú to change; Chongqing
逾 yú to jump over; to exceed, to surpass
愉 yú pleasant, delightful; to please
揄 yú to lift, to raise; to praise; to hang, to flap
蝓 yú snail
嵛 yú a county in the Shandong province
腧 shù acupoint
觎 yú to covet, to desire, to long for
毹 shū blanket, rug
窬 yú door, window; a hole in a wall