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育

yù

to have children

Phonosemantic compound. 子 represents the meaning and ⺼ represents the sound. The 子 (child) component is upside-down, depicting a child being born head-first.

Components
子 iconic component

子  Iconic component

zi, zǐ

  

child

Depicts an upside-down child being born head-first.

⺼ sound component

⺼  Sound component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

Evolution

育 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
育 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
育 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

育  

yù

produce, give birth to; educate; to have children; to raise or bring up; to educate

Most common words with 育
Freq.
Word
Meaning

教育

to educate

体育

sports

体育馆

gym

发育

to develop

育

to educate

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

辙

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

唷 淯

Unknown component in 2 characters (0 verified)

轍 澈

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-quk

yuwk

yù

breed, produce


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 27.7110% of movies

1223rd most common character in movies

609th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+80B2

Shuowen

“育，養子使作善也。从，肉聲。《虞書》曰：‘教育子。’毓，育或从每。”


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