瑜
excellence; luster of gems
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,928 U+745C
How 瑜 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
王 (semantic, “jade”) + 俞 (phonetic, yú)
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 |
| 愈 | yù | to recover, to heal; more and more |
| 谕 | yù | to proclaim; to instruct; edict |
| 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 瑜
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 周瑜打黄盖 | Zhōu Yú dǎ Huáng Gài | fig. with the connivance of both sides; fig. by mutual consent; cf Wu patriot Huang Gai su… |
| 一时瑜亮 | yī shí Yú Liàng | two remarkable persons living at the same period (as 周瑜[Zhou1 Yu2] and 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Li… |
| 瑜伽行派 | Yú jiā Xíng pài | see 唯識宗|唯识宗[Wei2 shi2 zong1] |
| 韩国瑜 | Hán Guó yú | Daniel Han Kuo-yu (1957-), Taiwanese KMT politician, mayor of Kaohsiung since 2018 |
| 周瑜 | Zhōu Yú | Zhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of R… |
| 瑜伽宗 | Yú jiā zōng | see 唯識宗|唯识宗[Wei2 shi2 zong1] |
| 瑜伽裤 | yú jiā kù | yoga pants |
| 宋楚瑜 | Sòng Chǔ yú | James Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he founded… |
| 瑕不掩瑜 | xiá bù yǎn yú | lit. a blemish does not obscure jade's luster; the pros outweigh the cons (idiom) |
| 瑜伽垫 | yú jiā diàn | yoga mat |
| 瑜伽 | yú jiā | (loanword) yoga |
| 瑜珈 | yú jiā | variant of 瑜伽[yu2 jia1] |