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

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.

舆图上标明了各州县的位置。

Yú tú shàng biāo míng le gè zhōuxiàn de wèizhì.

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

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.