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淤
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silt

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Water
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Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 於 represents the sound.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 於 at =
淤 silt
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
於 Phonetic component
Yū at
surname Yu
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
淤
Regular
Modern
Chinese
淤 [yū]
silt; river sludge; to silt up; choked with silt; variant of 瘀[yū]
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (14)
淤泥 [yū​ní] #20,290
silt
淤血 [yū​xuè] #26,502
variant of 瘀血[yū​xuè]
淤积 [yū​jī] #56,767
to silt up
淤积 [yū​jī] #56,767
to silt up
淤塞 [yū​sè] #46,292
choked with silt
出淤泥而不染 [chū​yū​ní​'ér​bù​rǎn] #47,946
lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)
淤滞 [yū​zhì] #50,526
silted up
淤滞 [yū​zhì] #50,526
silted up
祛淤 [qū​yū] #64,782
variant of 祛瘀[qū​yū]
淤灌 [yū​guàn] #68,578
to warp (fertilize land by flooding)
4 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
汚泥 [おでい] #37,664
sludge