district

HSK 10

ǒu, yú, yù

グ、グウ

おながざる

옹, 우

Origin unclear. Likely depicts a monkey. Possibly related to 禹.

Components

Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

禺

Regular

Modern

Chinese

禺 [ǒu]

archaic variant of 偶[ǒu]

禺 [yú]

ancient area

禺 [yù]

legendary monkey of ancient China

Example Sentences

CHINESE WORDS (4)

JAPANESE WORDS (1)