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渝

Yú
noun #17,400

Meanings

  1. 1 abbreviation for Chongqing (重庆)
  2. 2 old name for the Jialing River

Examples

HSK 3
渝菜是重庆的地方菜系。
Yú cài shì Chóngqìng de dìfāng càixì.
Yu cuisine is the local cuisine of Chongqing.
HSK 5
成渝高铁连接成都和重庆。
Chéng Yú gāotiě liánjiē Chéngdū hé Chóngqìng.
The Chengdu-Chongqing high-speed railway connects Chengdu and Chongqing.

Tips

usage
渝 appears in geographic abbreviations: 成渝 (Chengdu-Chongqing), 渝中区 (Yuzhong District). Chongqing license plates start with 渝. Compare 蜀 (old name for Sichuan).

Components

radical
氵 shuǐ
water (left-side)
Water radical on the left marks 渝 as a river name - originally the old name for the Jialing tributary, hence the modern Chongqing abbreviation 渝. Same radical drives all river-name chars: 江, 河, 湘, 浙, 沪. License plates from Chongqing carry 渝 as the city's formal water-radical signifier.
phonetic
俞 yú
yes; consent (also surname)
俞 supplies the sound directly - yú with matching tone - making this a clean phonetic match. Same 俞 phonetic also drives 愉 (pleased), 输 (lose), and 逾 (exceed). Recognizing the nine-stroke 俞 unit unlocks the whole yú phonetic family.

Stroke Order

渝 Yú