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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

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.
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