Chinese Character Wiki

圉

yǔ

stable

Components
囗 meaning component

囗  Meaning component

wéi

  

surround

enclosure

幸 sound component

幸  Sound component

xìng

  

fortunate

Evolution

圉 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
圉 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
圉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
圉 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
圉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

圉  

yǔ

stable, corral, enclosure; frontier, border; horse stable; frontier

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-qʰ<r>aʔ

ngjoX

yǔ

prison; keep in enclosure


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6542nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+5709

Shuowen

“圉，囹圄，所以拘罪人。从，从囗。一曰：圉，垂也。一曰：圉人，掌馬者。”


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