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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yú | yu2
English translation
basin; cup

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

mǐn

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

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dish

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

于皿

Semantic compound

mǐn

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. mǐn represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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盂县 Yú xiàn 花椒 huā jiāo duì jiàng 血压 xuèyā 增进 zēng jìn 食欲 shí yù 驱寒 qū hán 止痒 Xiè xīng děng dōu hěn yǒu 帮助 bāngzhù .

Yuxian pepper on blood pressure, increase appetite, cold, fishy solution itching and so helpful.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
痰盂 tán yú spittoon痰盂 tán yú
basin
肾盂 shèn yú renal pelvis (medicine)腎盂
盂县 Yú xiàn Yu county in Yangquan, Shanxi盂縣
钵盂 bō yú alms bowl缽盂
盂兰盆会 Yú lán pén huì Feast of All Souls (fifteenth day of seventh lunar month) (Buddhism)盂蘭盆會
肾盂炎 shèn yú yán pyelitis (medicine)腎盂炎

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