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wooden figure buried

HSK 10
Objects →Tools
yǒng
ヨウ、トウ、ユウ
용
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 甬 represents the sound.
Components
亻 person (side)+ 甬 river =
俑 wooden figure buried
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
甬 Phonetic component
yǒng river
path
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Notes
Similar Characters
亿 hundred million (simp)什 what?仁 benevolence仃 solitary仅 solely (simp)仆 to fall forward (simp)仇 animosity仍 still仔 meticulous仕 official他 he仗 battle仙 immortal仟 one thousand代 generation仫 tribe (alt)们 plural (simp)仰 look up to仲 mid-仳 part
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
俑
Regular
Modern
Chinese
俑 [yǒng]
wooden figures buried with the dead
Japanese
俑 よう 同音
noun historical terra-cotta figure (in Qin dynasty tombs in China)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (5)
始作俑者 [shǐ​zuò​yǒng​zhě] #20,627
lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
兵马俑 [bīng​mǎ​yǒng] #27,309
figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead
兵马俑 [bīng​mǎ​yǒng] #27,309
figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead
陶俑 [táo​yǒng] #45,197
a pottery figurine buried with the dead
俑坑 [yǒng​kēng] #51,453
pit with funerary figures
JAPANESE WORDS (2)
兵馬俑 [へいばよう] #159,266
terracotta army (clay figurines found near the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor in China)
俑を作る [ようをつくる] #299,768
to set a bad example