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dogwood

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
yú
ユ
유
Components
艹 grass (top)+ 臾 moment =
萸 dogwood
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
plant
臾 Phonetic component
yú moment
moment, instant, short while
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Notes
Similar Characters
春 springtime甍 rafters supporting roof盖 hide (simp)着 arrive/wear繭 cocoon (trad/jp)艺 art (simp)艻 sweet basil艽 a root艾 Chinese mugwort艿 taro节 knot (simp)芄 Metaplexis stauntoni芊 exuberant and vigorous芋 taro芍 peony芎 a kind of herb芏 Cyperus malaccensis芑 white millet芒 mango芗 fragrant smell of grain (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
萸
Regular
Modern
Chinese
萸 [yú]
cornelian cherry
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
茱萸 [zhū​yú] #53,702
Cornus officinalis (Japanese cornel dogwood, a kind of herb)
山茱萸 [shān​zhū​yú] #48,472
Cornus officinalis
JAPANESE WORDS (8)
茱萸 [グミ] #101,043
oleaster (any plant of genus Elaeagnus)
呉茱萸 [ごしゅゆ] #172,799
Tetradium ruticarpum (species of deciduous trees)
山茱萸 [さんしゅゆ] #203,083
Asiatic dogwood (Cornus officinalis)
俵茱萸 [たわらぐみ]
Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis (variety of goumi)
唐茱萸 [とうぐみ]
Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis (variety of goumi)
夏茱萸 [なつぐみ]
goumi (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus multiflora)
秋茱萸 [あきぐみ]
autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)
苗代茱萸 [なわしろぐみ]
silverthorn (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus pungens)