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聿
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writing

HSK 10
Communication →Language
yù
イチ、イツ
ふで、ここに
율
Pictograph of a hand holding a writing utensil.
Components
又 again+ ◎ characterless component =
聿 writing
又 Iconic component
yòu again
and, also, again, in addition
◎ Iconic component
characterless component
Depicts a writing utensil.
Notes
Similar Characters
亂 chaos (trad)争 contend (jp)事 matter亟 immediately叉 fork叔 uncle史 history夬 parted妻 wife攵 tap殳 weapon or tool爭 contend (trad)爰 lead皮 covering盡 exhausted (trad)肀 brush丈 100 Chinese Inches劝 urge (simp)叒 united变 transform (simp)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
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)
聿
Regular
Modern
Chinese
聿 [yù]
(arch. introductory particle); then; and then
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
贝聿铭 [Bèi​Yù​míng] #48,640
Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-2019), Chinese-American architect
贝聿铭 [Bèi​Yù​míng] #48,640
Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-2019), Chinese-American architect
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
聿旁 [ふでづくり]
kanji "brush" radical