悠

Pronunciationyōu
Five Elements
FortuneAuspicious
Strokes11 strokes

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Pronunciation yōu
Five Elements
Fortune Auspicious
Radical
Simplified Strokes 11 strokes
Traditional Strokes 11 strokes

Naming Meaning

Kangxi Dictionary

View Original Page 388
View Original Page 388
Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) 悠 Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 388, Entry 07 Pronounced you Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Sorrow. Derived from the Heart radical, with you as the phonetic indicator. Book of Odes (Shijing): Sorrowful is my village. Commentary: Youyou means sorrow. It also means to ponder. Book of Odes (Shijing): Pondering, pondering. Commentary: Pondering, pondering. Also means far away. Book of Odes (Shijing): Driving horses far away. Commentary: Youyou means the appearance of being far away. Also from Book of Odes (Shijing): Alas, how far. Commentary: You means far. Also the appearance of walking. Book of Odes (Shijing): Traveling far to the south. Also the appearance of being vast and indefinite. Book of Odes (Shijing): Vast and indefinite is the blue sky. Also the appearance of being leisurely. Book of Odes (Shijing): Leisurely are the waving banners. Also written as the variant form (you). Mencius (Mengzi): Passed by swiftly. History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qian Hanshu): Living far away in exile. Also written as the variant form (yao). History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qian Hanshu): Like dogs and horses, leisurely. Pronounced youyou. Also pronounced yi. Lamentation on Encountering Sorrow (Daosao Fu): That imperial unicorn soars high, bright in the great clarity, leisurely and far. Approaching the Min River, I harbor regret, pointing to the Red Sea as my appointed time. Verification note: Book of Odes (Shijing): Traveling far to the south. Corrected from Great Odes to Small Odes in accordance with the original text.

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