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虞 yú

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虞 yú Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yú | yu2
English translation
anxious, concerned, worried

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About 虞 yú

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

虞 yú

Contains the radical

虍 hū

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

tiger

Etymology of 虞 yú

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿸虍吴

Semantic compound

虍 hū

Phonetic compound

吴 wú

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 虍 hū represents the meaning and 吴 wú represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 虞 yú

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舜帝姓 xìng 姚 yáo ,史称“虞舜 Yú Shùn ”.

Legend has it that King Shun had as his surname Yao.

Words with 虞 yú

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
虞 yú to expect虞 yú
尔虞我诈 ěr yú wǒ zhà each tries to outwit the other爾虞我詐
上虞 Shàng yú Shangyu county level city in Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 Shào xīng [Shào​xīng], Zhejiang上虞 Shàng yú
上虞市 Shàng yú shì Shangyu county level city in Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 Shào xīng [Shào​xīng], Zhejiang上虞市 Shàng yú shì
不虞 bù yú unexpected不虞 bù yú
虞舜 Yú Shùn Yu Shun, one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝 wǔ dì [wǔ​dì]虞舜 Yú Shùn
虞世南 Yú Shì nán Yu Shi'nan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家 Táng chū Sì Dà jiā [Táng​chū​Sì​Dà​jiā]虞世南 Yú Shì nán
虞城县 Yú chéng xiàn Yucheng county in Shangqiu 商丘 Shāng qiū [Shāng​qiū], Henan虞城縣
堪虞 kān yú worrisome堪虞 kān yú
虞城 Yú chéng Yucheng county in Shangqiu 商丘 Shāng qiū [Shāng​qiū], Henan虞城 Yú chéng
虞喜 Yú xǐ Chinese astronomer (281-356) famous for determining the precession of the equinoxes虞喜 Yú xǐ

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