愈
the more...(the more...); to recover; to heal; better
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,317 U+6108
How 愈 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
心 (semantic, “heart”) + 俞 (phonetic, yú)
How to remember it
more and more · Heisig RSH #1793
slaughterhouse + 心 heart
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 俞
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 俞 (yú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 俞 sound component | yú | to consent, to approve; surname |
| 输 | shū | to carry, to haul, to transport |
| 偷 | tōu | to steal; burglar, thief |
| 榆 | yú | elm tree |
| 喻 | yù | metaphor, analogy; example; such as, like |
| 谕 | yù | to proclaim; to instruct; edict |
| 瑜 | yú | flawless gem or jewel |
| 渝 | yú | to change; Chongqing |
| 逾 | yú | to jump over; to exceed, to surpass |
| 愉 | yú | pleasant, delightful; to please |
| 揄 | yú | to lift, to raise; to praise; to hang, to flap |
| 蝓 | yú | snail |
| 嵛 | yú | a county in the Shandong province |
| 腧 | shù | acupoint |
| 觎 | yú | to covet, to desire, to long for |
| 毹 | shū | blanket, rug |
| 窬 | yú | door, window; a hole in a wall |
Words containing 愈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不治而愈 | bù zhì ér yù | to recover spontaneously (from an illness); to get better without medical treatment |
| 治愈系 | zhì yù xì | uplifting; rejuvenating; heartwarming |
| 霍然而愈 | huò rán ér yù | to recover speedily (idiom); to get better quickly |
| 愈伤组织 | yù shāng zǔ zhī | (botany) callus |
| 自愈 | zì yù | to heal oneself; to repair itself; self-healing |
| 愈发 | yù fā | all the more; increasingly |
| 愈合 | yù hé | (of a wound) to heal |
| 病愈 | bìng yù | to recover (from an illness) |
| 愈加 | yù jiā | all the more; even more; further |
| 治愈 | zhì yù | to cure; to restore to health; uplifting; heartwarming |
| 全愈 | quán yù | variant of 痊癒|痊愈[quan2 yu4] |
| 愈复 | yù fù | recovery (after illness) |
| 每下愈况 | měi xià yù kuàng | see 每況愈下|每况愈下[mei3 kuang4 yu4 xia4] |
| 每况愈下 | měi kuàng yù xià | to steadily deteriorate |
| 愈来愈 | yù lái yù | more and more |
| 愈益 | yù yì | increasingly; more and more |
| 愈演愈烈 | yù yǎn yù liè | ever more critical; problems get more and more intense |
| 疗愈 | liáo yù | to heal; therapy |
| 愈描愈黑 | yù miáo yù hēi | see 越描越黑[yue4 miao2 yue4 hei1] |
| 韩愈 | Hán Yù | Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古… |