yuè

Guangdong and Guangxi provinces

Evolution

粤 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
粤 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
粤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
粤 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
粤 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
粤 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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yuè

Guangdong and Guangxi provinces; initial particle

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Yuè

Cantonese; short name for Guangdong 廣東|广东[Guǎng​dōng]

Most common words with 粤
Freq.
Word
Meaning

粤语

Cantonese language

Cantonese

粤剧

Cantonese opera

粤菜

Cantonese cuisine

闽粤

Fujian and Guangdong

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3151st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Traditional

Unicode

U+7CA4


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