舆 (yú) · carriage; sedan chair

Meanings

1 carriage; sedan chair
2 the public; the multitude
3 the land; territory

Characters

舆

yú

carriage; the public; territory

Examples

HSK 5

这件事引起了广泛的舆论关注。

Zhè jiàn shì yǐnqǐ le guǎngfàn de yúlùn guānzhù.

This incident drew widespread attention from public opinion.

HSK 7-9

舆图上标明了各州县的位置。

Yú tú shàng biāo míng le gè zhōuxiàn de wèizhi.

The map of the realm marks the location of every prefecture and county.

HSK 7-9

他乘舆前往上任。

Tā chéng yú qiánwǎng shàngrèn.

He rode in a sedan chair on his way to take office.

Tips

usage

In modern Chinese you meet it mainly in 舆论 ('public opinion'). The original meaning is the body of a carriage; from 'everyone who rides along' came the extended sense of the public, and 'what the carriage rolls over' gave the sense of land or territory.

Components

radical

车 chē

cart; vehicle

The cart radical sits in the middle and carries the core meaning: the word's root sense is the body of a wheeled carriage, which is why 舆 is filed under the vehicle radical.

phonetic

舁 yú

to lift together (four hands)

This component surrounds the others from the outside, splitting across the stroke order. It pictures hands lifting and supplies the sound: 舁 gives the reading and the idea of people carrying the carriage.