yōu

female deer

Evolution

麀 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
麀 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
麀 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
麀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
麀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

yōu

female deer; roe, doe; doe; female animal

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

7783rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+9E80

Shuowen

“麀,牝鹿也,从鹿,从牝省。,或从幽聲。”


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