愚
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to be stupid; to cheat or deceive; me or I (modest)
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
pea-brained · Heisig RSH #2877
Talking Cricket + 心 heart
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 愚
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 愚公移山 | the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way | |
| 愚人节 | April Fools' Day | |
| 愚不可及 | impossibly stupid | |
| 先天愚型 | (old) Down syndrome; trisomy 21 | |
| 大智如愚 | the wise may appear stupid (idiom); a genius not appreciated in his own time | |
| 大智若愚 | (idiom) great intelligence may appear to be stupidity | |
| 大愚 | idiot; ignorant fool | |
| 愚人 | stupid person; ignoramus | |
| 大勇若怯，大智若愚 | a great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid (idiom); the general public may … | |
| 愚民 | ignorant masses; to keep the people in ignorance | |
| 愚意 | my humble opinion | |
| 治愚 | to eliminate backward (unscientific) ways of thinking | |
| 愚见 | my humble opinion | |
| 愚昧无知 | stupid and ignorant (idiom) | |
| 愚蒙 | ignorant; stupid | |
| 愚鲁 | dull-witted; foolish | |
| 卢泰愚 | Roh Tae-woo (1932-), South Korean politician, president 1988-1993 | |
| 愚弄 | to make a fool out of; to fool; to dupe | |
| 愚弱 | ignorant and feeble | |
| 愚孝 | unquestioning filial piety |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 禺 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禺 sound part | district; mountain in Zhejiang | |
| 偶 | accidentally, coincidently; mate, image, idol | |
| 遇 | to meet, to encounter, to come across | |
| 寓 | residence, lodge, dwelling | |
| 耦 | to plow side-by-side; pair, couple; a team of two | |
| 隅 | corner, cranny, niche | |
| 喁 | to breathe like a fish; to gasp for breath |