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有

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to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)

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HSK 3.0
Level 1
Old HSK
Level 1
Strokes
6
Radical
月 +2
Structure
Upper-left enclosure 左上包
Traditional
有
Common rank
#33
Unicode
U+6709

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

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How 有 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

Components 月 ? unknown part

How to remember it

possess · Heisig RSH #79

flesh + by one’s side

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 有

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

WordPinyinMeaning
有名 yǒu míng famous; well-known
有用 yǒu yòng useful
有的 yǒu de (there are) some (who are...); some (exist)
没有 méi yǒu haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
有时候 yǒu shí hou sometimes
还有 hái yǒu there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
有些 yǒu xiē some; somewhat; rather; a bit
有心人 yǒu xīn rén resolute person; person with aspirations; people who feel; people who use their heads
大有 dà yǒu there is a great deal of ... (typically followed by a bisyllabic word, as in 大有希望[da4 you3…
有人 yǒu rén someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom)
无中生有 wú zhōng shēng yǒu to create something from nothing (idiom)
国有 guó yǒu nationalized; public; government owned; state-owned
有水 yǒu shuǐ supplied with water (of a house)
有心 yǒu xīn to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate
国有化 guó yǒu huà nationalization
有无 yǒu wú to have or have not; surplus and shortfall; tangible and intangible; corporeal and incorpo…
有一手 yǒu yī shǒu to have a skill; to have a lot on the ball; to have an affair
有机分子 yǒu jī fēn zǐ organic molecule
有机化学 yǒu jī huà xué organic chemistry
自有 zì yǒu (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc); one's own (apartment, brand etc)

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
月 sound part yuè moon; month
朔 shuò beginning; the first day of the lunar month
钥 yuè lock, key
炙 zhì to roast, to broil; to cauterize
塍 chéng a raised path between fields, a dike
刖 yuè cutting off the feet as a form of punishment