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犹

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as if; (just) like; just as; still; yet

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HSK 3.0
Level 5
Old HSK
Level 5
Strokes
7
Radical
犬 +4
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
犹
Common rank
#1,631
Unicode
U+72B9

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Formation & memory

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How 犹 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

犭 meaning “dog” + 尤 sound ( yóu )

Components 犭 尤

How to remember it

just like · Heisig RSH #1590

pack of wild dogs + Frankenpooch

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 犹

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

WordPinyinMeaning
犹太复国主义者 Yóu tài fù guó zhǔ yì zhě a Zionist
犹太复国主义 Yóu tài fù guó zhǔ yì Zionism
反犹太主义 fǎn Yóu tài zhǔ yì antisemitism
上犹县 Shàng yóu Xiàn Shangyou, a county in Ganzhou City 贛州市|赣州市[Gan4 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangxi
犹地亚 Yóu dì yà Judea
排犹主义 pái yóu zhǔ yì antisemitism
犹大书 Yóu dà shū Epistle of St Jude (in New Testament)
犹达斯 Yóu dá sī Judas (name)
犹太人 Yóu tài rén Jew
犹太会堂 Yóu tài huì táng synagogue
言犹在耳 yán yóu zài ěr words still ringing in one's ears (idiom)
过犹不及 guò yóu bù jí too far is as bad as not enough (idiom, from the Analects)
犹太教堂 Yóu tài jiào táng synagogue
犹太教 Yóu tài jiào Judaism
犹太法典 Yóu tài fǎ diǎn the Talmud
意犹未尽 yì yóu wèi jìn to wish to continue sth; to have not fully expressed oneself
犹大 Yóu dà Judas; Judah (son of Jacob)
犹子 yóu zǐ (old) brother's son or daughter; nephew
犹自 yóu zì (literary) still; yet
上犹 Shàng yóu see 上猶縣|上犹县[Shang4 you2 Xian4]

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
尤 sound part yóu especially, particularly
优 yōu superior; elegant
忧 yōu sad, grieving; melancholy, grief
扰 rǎo to poke, to disturb, to annoy, to agitate
疣 yóu wart, tumor, papule, goiter
鱿 yóu cuttlefish