yòu

help

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

person

有 sound component

  Sound component

yǒu

  

have

Evolution

侑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
侑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
侑 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
侑 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
侑 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yòu

help, assist, repay kindness; (literary) to urge sb (to eat or drink)