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斿
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

to move freely

HSK 10
Human →Actions →Change
yóu
ヨウ、ヨ、リュウ、ル、ユウ
はたあし
Depicts a child (子) holding a flag (㫃) in a group of people setting off on a journey. Based on the original meaning "travel", now written as 遊.
Components
㫃 flags flying+ 子 child =
斿 to move freely
㫃 Iconic component
yǎn flags flying
flags flying, long bands or ribbons attached to flags, streamers, etc. (ancient form of 偃) to cease
子 Iconic component
zi child
offspring, child
Notes
Similar Characters
倝 sunrise施 execute旃 silk banner with旗 flag旅 travel族 tribe乳 breast了 complete保 safeguard包 wrap孑 remaining孓 without left arm孔 cavity孕 pregnant孚 brood孛 comet孝 filial piety学 study (jp)學 study (trad)弃 reject (simp)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
斿
Regular
Modern
Chinese
斿 [yóu]
scallops along lower edge of flag
Example Sentences