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俣

yǔ
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 big and tall; well-built (literary, of a person's stature)

Examples

硕人俣俣，公庭万舞。
Shuòrén yǔyǔ, gōngtíng wànwǔ.
A tall, sturdy man danced grandly in the open courtyard.
这个字形容身材高大魁梧。
Zhège zì xíngróng shēncái gāodà kuíwú.
This character describes a tall and powerfully built figure.

Tips

usage
俣 is a rare classical word for 'big and tall', best known doubled as 俣俣 in the 诗经, describing a stately, powerfully built man. It does not appear in modern everyday speech.

Components

radical
亻 rén
person
亻 is the person radical, the left-side form of 人. It marks 俣 as describing a human, here a big and tall figure.
phonetic
吴 wú
phonetic element (Wu, a state/surname)
吴 supplies the sound, drifted from wú to yǔ. Its own sense, the state of Wu, is unrelated; it works only as the phonetic beside the person radical.

Stroke Order

俣 yǔ