隅 (yú): corner

Meanings

房间一隅静静地立着一个旧书架。

Fángjiān yìyú jìngjìng de lì zhe yí gè jiù shūjià.

An old bookshelf stood quietly in the corner of the room.

举一隅不以三隅反，则不复也。

Jǔ yì yú bù yǐ sān yú fǎn, zé bùfù yě.

If you show one corner and he can't infer the other three, don't repeat the lesson.

usage

A literary word for a corner or nook, common in 一隅 ('a corner') and 角隅. It also implies a remote, out-of-the-way spot.

radical

阝 fù

mound; hill (left-side radical form)

On the left, the mound radical, the side form of 阜 (earthen hill). Corners and sheltered nooks form where terrain bends, the same family as 陬.

phonetic

禺 yú

a kind of monkey; phonetic

Supplies the sound yú with an exact match. It is purely phonetic here; the same element gives 遇 and 偶.

隅 yú