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猶
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犹
🇨🇳

just like

HSK 10 N1
Communication →Language
yóu
ユウ、ユ
なお
유
Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 酉 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "type of monkey". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Traditional (猶)
犭 dog (side)+ 酉 vessel =
猶 just like
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog (side)
dog
犭 is a component form of 犬.
酉 Phonetic component
yǒu vessel
10th terrestrial branch
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Simplified (犹)
犭 dog (side)+ 尤 remarkable =
犹 like
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog (side)
dog
犭 is a component form of 犬.
尤 Phonetic component
yóu remarkable
especially, particularly
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Notes
Similar Characters
犯 criminal犰 armadillo犴 a wild dog犷 rude (simp)犸 mammoth (simp)犹 similar (simp)狁 a tribe of狂 crazy狃 to covet狄 tribe from northern china狈 animal (simp)狉 fox-cub狍 species狎 be familiar with狐 fox狒 baboon狗 dog狙 an ape狞 ferocious appearance (simp)狠 ruthless
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Warring States (475-221 BC)
Bronze
Warring States (475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 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
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 Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
犹
Regular
Modern
Chinese
犹 / 猶 [yóu]
as if; (just) like; just as; still; yet
Japanese
尚 、 猶 、 尚お (irreg.) 、 猶お (irreg.) なお 同音

adverb

  1. usually kana still; yet
  2. usually kana more; still more; greater; further
  3. usually kanaformal as if; just like; as though (as なお ... ごとし; esp. 猶)

conj.

  1. usually kana furthermore; in addition; moreover; note that ...
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (3)
あとで起こったことはなお悪かった。
What followed was still worse.
僕は君が欠点を持っているので、なおいっそう愛してる。
I love you all the more for your faults.
なお、会社説明会後でも、会社見学は随時受け付けております。
Furthermore, even after the company information session, we sometimes hold company tours.
Japanese Names
猶 なお
Nao surname
猶 なおさき
Naosaki surname
猶 なおざき
Naozaki surname
猶 ひさし
Hisashi given name
猶 らんこし
Rankoshi unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (42)
犹太人 [Yóu​tài​rén] #2,253
Jew
犹豫 [yóu​yù] #4,494
to hesitate
犹太 [Yóu​tài] #3,126
Jew
犹如 [yóu​rú] #11,471
similar to
毫不犹豫 [háo​bù​yóu​yù] #10,911
without the slightest hesitation
犹豫不决 [yóu​yù​bù​jué] #14,190
hesitancy
记忆犹新 [jì​yì​yóu​xīn] #20,316
to remain fresh in one's memory (idiom)
犹大 [Yóu​dà] #10,051
Judas
犹太教 [Yóu​tài​jiào] #10,890
Judaism
犹他州 [Yóu​tā​zhōu] #13,322
Utah
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JAPANESE WORDS (25)
⭐ 余裕 [よゆう] #856
surplus
⭐ 猶予 [ゆうよ] #7,306
postponement
⭐ 尚 [なお] #8,966
still
⭐ 尚更 [なおさら] #9,942
still more
今なお [いまなお] #18,986
still
今もなお [いまもなお] #20,784
still
⭐ 執行猶予 [しっこうゆうよ] #39,938
stay of execution
尚のこと [なおのこと] #40,093
all the more
一刻の猶予もない [いっこくのゆうよもない] #46,406
not a moment to waste
揺蕩う [たゆたう] #50,671
to sway to and fro
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KOREAN WORDS (2)
과유불급
more is just as bad as less
유예
hesitation