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瑀

yǔ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a jade-like stone of lesser quality than true jade (classical)

Examples

瑀是次于玉的美石。
Yǔ shìcì yú yù de měishí.
The 'yu' is a beautiful stone ranking just below true jade.

Tips

history
瑀 has no modern standalone use; it appears in classical texts and as a personal-name character. The jade radical 王 (the left-side form of 玉) marks it as a fine stone; 禹 supplies the sound.
register
Archaic and literary. One old dictionary marks the meaning as uncertain, but the jade-stone sense is the attested one. You will only meet 瑀 in old texts, names, and etymology notes.

Components

radical
王 wáng
jade (left-side form of 玉)
On the left this is the jade radical, the compressed form of 玉 (jade), not the 'king' character. It marks 瑀 as a precious-stone word, like 珞 and 珠.
phonetic
禹 yǔ
phonetic element
禹 (the name of the flood-taming sage king) supplies the reading for 瑀 with matching tone; it lends only the sound.

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Stroke Order

瑀 yǔ