游

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to swim; variant of 遊|游[you2]

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To swim freely 斿 through the seas 氵

Components 氵斿

go swimming · Heisig RSH #876

水 water + banner + 子 child

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一日游	yī rì yóu	day trip; one-day tour
龙游县	Lóng yóu Xiàn	Longyou, a county in Quzhou City 衢州市[Qu2 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang
无业游民	wú yè yóu mín	unemployed person; vagrant; rogue
游子	yóu zǐ	person living or traveling far from home
数字游民	shù zì yóu mín	digital nomad
游人	yóu rén	a tourist
游水	yóu shuǐ	to swim
中游	zhōng yóu	the middle stretches of a river; middle level; middle echelon; midstream
游学	yóu xué	to study away from home or abroad (old)
小游	xiǎo yóu	outing; short trip
游动	yóu dòng	to move about; to go from place to place; roving; mobile
信天游	xìn tiān yóu	a style of folk music of Shaanxi
游行	yóu xíng	to march; to parade; to demonstrate; procession; march; demonstration; to travel around; t…
上游	shàng yóu	upper reaches (of a river); upper level; upper echelon; upstream
手游	shǒu yóu	mobile game; abbr. for 手機遊戲\|手机游戏
游手	yóu shǒu	to be idle
下游	xià yóu	lower reaches (of a river); lower level; lower echelon; downstream
出游	chū yóu	to go on a tour; to have an outing
神游	shén yóu	to go on a mental journey
后西游记	Hòu Xī yóu Jì	one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West 西遊記\|西游记