隅
corner
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,273 U+9685
How 隅 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
阝 (semantic, “place”) + 禺 (phonetic, yú)
components: 阝 禺
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 禺
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 禺 (yú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禺 sound component | yú | district; mountain in Zhejiang |
| 偶 | ǒu | accidentally, coincidently; mate, image, idol |
| 遇 | yù | to meet, to encounter, to come across |
| 愚 | yú | stupid, foolish |
| 寓 | yù | residence, lodge, dwelling |
| 耦 | ǒu | to plow side-by-side; pair, couple; a team of two |
| 喁 | yóng | to breathe like a fish; to gasp for breath |
Words containing 隅
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 失之东隅，收之桑榆 | shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú | to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom); to compensate later for one's earlier loss;… |
| 举隅法 | jǔ yú fǎ | synecdoche |
| 察隅县 | Chá yú Xiàn | Zayu, a county in Nyingchi City 林芝市[Lin2 zhi1 Shi4], Tibet |
| 局促一隅 | jú cù yī yú | to be cramped in a corner (idiom) |
| 海隅 | hǎi yú | coastal area |
| 向隅而泣 | xiàng yú ér qì | (idiom) to weep in solitude |
| 负隅顽抗 | fù yú wán kàng | (idiom) to put up fierce resistance despite being surrounded; to stubbornly refuse to admi… |
| 向隅 | xiàng yú | (lit.) to face the corner; (fig.) to miss out on sth |
| 察隅 | Chá yú | see 察隅縣|察隅县[Cha2 yu2 Xian4] |