Memory phrase for the character: 瑜

瑜

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Meaning

excellence, luster of gems

Pronunciation

yú

Explanation

 Left: king 王, right: to assent, approve 俞 (When the arrowhead gets into the body 月/肉 to cut 刂, I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])

Mnemonic
 
The king is assenting this excellence.

Radicals

王 king
俞 arrow headThis radical gets its meaning by the similarity to the character for arrow: 箭 (jiàn), which has a similar body under the bamboo 竹. Due to the pointed top this radical is understood as the arrow's head 人 that goes into the flesh 月/肉 and cuts刂.




 Vocabulary

潘婷 Pān tíng  
瑜迦 yú jiā  yoga (loanword)
瑜珈 yú jiā  yoga
瑜珈 yú jiā  

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