Hanja Analyzer
猶

猶 — yu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
오히려 유
Romanization
yu
English
like, similar to, just like, as
Mandarin
yóu
Japanese on'yomi
ユウ, キュウ, ヨウ
Japanese kun'yomi
なお
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,799 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
犬 (94, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
酋
Unicode
U+7336

Parts that make up 猶

  • ⺨ 개 견variant of 犬 옆에서 본 개개와 짐승. 왼쪽에서 ⺨ 로 쓴다
  • 酋 우두머리 추sound 잘 익은 술독‘추·유’ 계열의 소리

How 猶 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 猶 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 犬, 酋.

Korean example words with 猶

  • 유자猶子 Korean gloss: 자식과 같다는 뜻으로, ‘조카’를 달리 이르는 말
  • 유소하다猶少 Korean gloss: 오히려 더 작다
  • 유예되다猶豫 Korean gloss: 일을 결행하는 날짜나 시간이 미루어지다
  • 유태계猶太系 Korean gloss: 유태인의 계통
  • 유부족猶不足 Korean gloss: 아직도 부족함. 또는 오히려 부족함
  • 유예생猶豫生 Korean gloss: 입학이나 졸업 따위의 일을 결행하는 데 날짜나 시간을 미루는 학생. 또는 그런 사람
  • 유손猶孫 Korean gloss: 형이나 아우의 손자.
  • 유예미결猶豫未決 Korean gloss: 망설여 결정을 짓지 못함
  • 집유執猶 Korean gloss: ‘집행 유예’를 줄여 이르는 말.
  • 유태교도猶太敎徒 Korean gloss: 유태교를 믿는 사람. 또는 그 무리
  • 유녀猶女 Korean gloss: 딸과 같다는 뜻으로, ‘조카딸’을 달리 이르는 말.
  • 유부猶父 Korean gloss: 아버지와 같다는 뜻으로, 아버지의 형제인 ‘삼촌’을 달리 이르는 말.

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

Japanese words with 猶

  • 猶予ゆうよ postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
  • 執行猶予しっこうゆうよ stay of execution; suspended sentence
  • 起訴猶予きそゆうよ suspension of indictment; leaving charge on the file
  • 猶太ユダヤ Judea (southern Palestine); Jews
  • 猶子ゆうし nephew (like a son); another child considered as one's own
  • 猶予なくゆうよなく without delay; promptly
  • 猶予期間ゆうよきかん grace period; moratorium
  • 猶あらじなおあらじ must not be concluded like this; shall not finish like this
  • 支払猶予しはらいゆうよ payment moratorium; extension on payment; respite for payment
  • 一刻の猶予もないいっこくのゆうよもない not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer
  • 過ぎたるは猶及ばざるが如しすぎたるはなおおよばざるがごとし the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more

Characters sharing the phonetic 酋

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 犬

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