Dong Chinese dictionary

yū

mud

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 於 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

於 Sound component

yú, yū, wū

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yū

mud, sediment; clog up, silt up; silt; river sludge; to silt up; choked with silt; variant of 瘀[yū]

Most common words with 淤

Sources