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萸

yú
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 茱萸) cornel; dogwood

Examples

HSK 5
茱萸可以入药。
Zhūyú kěyǐ rùyào.
Cornel can be used as a medicinal herb.
HSK 7-9
重阳节人们登高佩戴茱萸。
Chóngyángjié rénmen dēnggāo pèidài zhūyú.
On the Double Ninth Festival people climb high and wear cornel.

Tips

culture
Only used in 茱萸 (cornel/dogwood). Wearing a cornel sprig on the Double Ninth Festival was a folk custom to ward off misfortune - famously evoked in Wang Wei's line about missing one's brothers far from home.

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
Top 艹 is the grass radical 艸 in top form. It marks 萸 as a plant - the cornel shrub.
phonetic
臾 yú
moment; phonetic
Below sits 臾 supplying the sound exactly (yú = yú). The same phonetic appears in 庾 (granary) and 腴 (fat, fertile).

Stroke Order

萸 yú