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瑜

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excellence; luster of gems

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Strokes
13
Radical
玉 +9
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
瑜
Common rank
#2,928
Unicode
U+745C

Formation & memory

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How 瑜 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

王 meaning “jade” + 俞 sound ( yú )

Components 王 俞

Words with 瑜

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WordPinyinMeaning
周瑜打黄盖 Zhōu Yú dǎ Huáng Gài fig. with the connivance of both sides; fig. by mutual consent; cf Wu patriot Huang Gai su…
一时瑜亮 yī shí Yú Liàng two remarkable persons living at the same period (as 周瑜[Zhou1 Yu2] and 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Li…
瑜伽行派 Yú jiā Xíng pài see 唯識宗|唯识宗[Wei2 shi2 zong1]
韩国瑜 Hán Guó yú Daniel Han Kuo-yu (1957-), Taiwanese KMT politician, mayor of Kaohsiung since 2018
周瑜 Zhōu Yú Zhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of R…
瑜伽宗 Yú jiā zōng see 唯識宗|唯识宗[Wei2 shi2 zong1]
瑜伽裤 yú jiā kù yoga pants
宋楚瑜 Sòng Chǔ yú James Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he founded…
瑕不掩瑜 xiá bù yǎn yú lit. a blemish does not obscure jade's luster; the pros outweigh the cons (idiom)
瑜伽垫 yú jiā diàn yoga mat
瑜伽 yú jiā (loanword) yoga
瑜珈 yú jiā variant of 瑜伽[yu2 jia1]

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
愈 yù to recover, to heal; more and more
谕 yù to proclaim; to instruct; edict
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