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舆

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(literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]); (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven); land; territory; (literary) carriage; (literary) sedan chair; palanquin; (bound form) the multitudes; the people; the public

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
14
Radical
臼 +10
Structure
Bottom enclosure 下包
Traditional
輿
Common rank
#2,899
Unicode
U+8206

Formation & memory

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How 舆 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A cart 车 carried on one's shoulder 舁

Components 舁 车

How to remember it

popular · Heisig RSH #2459

zipper + 车 car

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 舆

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WordPinyinMeaning
平舆县 Píng yú Xiàn Pingyu, a county in Zhumadian City 駐馬店市|驻马店市[Zhu4 ma3 dian4 Shi4], Henan
舆论调查 yú lùn diào chá opinion poll
舆论界 yú lùn jiè media; commentators
造舆论 zào yú lùn to build up public opinion; to create a fuss
舆地 yú dì land; map; (old) geography
平舆 Píng yú see 平輿縣|平舆县[Ping2 yu2 Xian4]
神舆 shén yú mikoshi (Japanese portable Shinto shrine)
舆情 yú qíng public sentiment
权舆 quán yú to sprout; (fig). to begin; beginning
舆论 yú lùn public opinion
竹舆 zhú yú a bamboo carriage; a palanquin
王岱舆 Wáng Dài yú Wang Daiyu (1584-1670), Hui Islamic scholar of the Ming-Qing transition
堪舆 kān yú geomancy