flawless gem or jewel

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
王 meaning component

  Meaning component

wángwàng

  

king

俞 sound component

  Sound component

shù

  

surname

Evolution

瑜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
瑜 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

flawless gem or jewel; excellence; luster of gems

Most common words with 瑜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

excellence

瑜伽

yoga (loanword)

宋楚瑜

James Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he founded People First Party 親民黨|亲民党

周瑜

in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang

瑕不掩瑜

the pros outweigh the cons (idiom)