Hanja Analyzer
臾

臾 — yu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
잠깐 유
Romanization
yu
English
moment, instant, short while
Mandarin
yú
Japanese on'yomi
ユ, ヨウ, ヨ, キ, ギ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
8
Radical
臼 (134, 2 residual)
Unicode
U+81FE

Parts that make up 臾

  • 𦥑 절구 구variant of 臼 파낸 절구절구와 찧는 일
  • 人 사람 인 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이

How 臾 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 臾 as a ideographic compound involving 𦥑, 人.

Korean example words with 臾

  • 종유하다縱臾 Korean gloss: 달래고 부추기어 권하다.
  • 수유須臾 Korean gloss: 준순(逡巡)의 10분의 1이 되는 수. 또는 그런 수의. 즉, 10<sup>-15</sup>을 이른다.
  • 수유간須臾間 Korean gloss: 잠시 동안.
  • 일수유一須臾 Korean gloss: 몹시 짧은 시간.

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

Japanese words with 臾

  • 須臾しゅゆ moment; instant; short amount of time

Other hanja read “유”

Other hanja with radical 臼

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