萸

yú

noun

Meanings

1 (in 茱萸) cornel; dogwood

Characters

萸

yú

(in 茱萸) cornel

Examples

重阳节人们登高佩戴茱萸。

Chóngyángjié rénmen dēnggāo pèidài zhūyú.

On the Double Ninth Festival people climb high and wear cornel.

茱萸可以入药。

Zhūyú kěyǐ rùyào.

Cornel can be used as a medicinal herb.

Tips

culture

Only used in 茱萸 (cornel/dogwood). Wearing a cornel sprig on the Double Ninth Festival was a folk custom to ward off misfortune — famously evoked in Wang Wei's line about missing one's brothers far from home.

Components

radical

艹 cǎo

grass; plant

Top 艹 is the grass radical 艸 in top form. It marks 萸 as a plant — the cornel shrub.

phonetic

臾 yú

moment; phonetic

Below sits 臾 supplying the sound exactly (yú = yú). The same phonetic appears in 庾 (granary) and 腴 (fat, fertile).

Stroke Order

萸 yú

萸