隅 (yú): corner

Meanings

1 corner
2 nook
3 remote place

Characters

隅

yú

corner; nook

Examples

HSK 5

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.

HSK 7-9

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.

Tips

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.

Components

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

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

Stroke Order

隅 yú

Related Words

负隅顽抗 fùyú-wánkàng #36,673

to put one's back against a corner and resist stubbornly / to make a desperate last stand

角落 jiǎoluò HSK 7-9 #3,343

corner / nook

取代 qǔdài HSK 7-9 #5,137

to replace / to take the place of / to supersede

回归 huíguī HSK 7-9 #4,369

to return / to revert / to come back (to a state or place)

地位 dìwèi HSK 4 #4,157

position; status; standing / rank; place (in society)

参观 cānguān HSK 2 #4,147

to visit (a place) / to tour

家乡 jiāxiāng HSK 3 #3,987

hometown; native place / homeland

返回 fǎnhuí HSK 5 #3,816

to return to; to go back / to get back to (a place or state)

街头 jiētóu HSK 6 #3,755

street corner; street (as a scene/setting) / on the street; street-level

代替 dàitì HSK 4 #3,556

to replace; to substitute / to take the place of