尤

yóu
adverb #7,669

Meanings

  1. 1 outstanding; remarkable
  2. 2 especially; particularly
  3. 3 fault; blame

Examples

HSK 4
Zhè dào cài yóuqí hǎochī.
This dish is especially delicious.
HSK 5
Tā de chéngjì yóuwéi tūchū.
His results are particularly outstanding.

Tips

usage
尤 mostly appears in 尤其 (especially) and 尤为 (particularly). The surname 尤 is also common.

Components

radical
尢 wāng
lame/bent legs (radical)
尢 is the Kangxi radical for 'lame' and depicts a person with bent legs. In 尤 it forms the main body - three strokes - and indexes the character. Same radical heads a small family including 就, 尧, 尴.
ideograph
丶 zhǔ
dot; marker stroke
丶 is a dot stroke functioning as a marker - added to 尢 to differentiate this character. The dot doesn't carry independent meaning here; it's a positional indicator that turned the lame-person graph into the modern 'especially, particularly' word.

Stroke Order

尤 yóu