幼 — yu

Parts that make up 幼

How 幼 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 幼 as a ideographic compound involving 幺, 力.

Korean example words with 幼

• 유시幼時 Korean gloss: 어릴 때
• 유자幼子 Korean gloss: 어린 자식
• 유군幼君 Korean gloss: 나이가 어린 임금
• 유아幼兒 Korean gloss: 나이가 적은 아이
• 노유老幼 Korean gloss: 늙은이와 어린아이를 아울러 이르는 말
• 유년幼年 Korean gloss: 어린 나이나 때. 또는 어린 나이의 아이
• 유충幼蟲 Korean gloss: 알에서 나온 후 아직 다 자라지 아니한 벌레
• 유약하다幼弱 Korean gloss: 어리고 약하다
• 유치하다幼稚 Korean gloss: 수준이 낮거나 미숙하다
• 유소시幼少時 Korean gloss: 어릴 때
• 유소년幼少年 Korean gloss: 유년과 소년을 아울러 이르는 말
• 노유자老幼者 Korean gloss: 노인과 어린아이를 아울러 이르는 말

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 幼

• 幼児ようじ young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
• 幼稚園ようちえん kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
• 乳幼児にゅうようじ babies and preschool children
• 幼少ようしょう infancy; childhood; tender age
• 幼虫ようちゅう larva; grub; maggot
• 幼なじみおさななじみ childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
• 幼女ようじょ little girl
• 幼稚ようち infancy; childish; infantile
• 幼時ようじ childhood; infancy
• 幼年ようねん childhood; infancy
• 幼子おさなご infant; baby; little child
• 幼いおさない very young; little; childish

Characters sharing the phonetic 幼

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “유”

Other hanja with radical 幺