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俞

shù / yú
noun #38,868

Meanings

  1. 1 acupuncture point (a transport point on a meridian)

Examples

HSK 7-9
医生按了按他背上的俞穴。
Yīshēng àn le àn tā bèishang de shù xué.
The doctor pressed the acupoint on his back.
HSK 7-9
这些俞穴与内脏关系密切。
Zhèxiē shù xué yǔ nèizàng guānxi mìqiè.
These acupoints are closely linked to the internal organs.

Tips

usage
Read shù, 俞 is an older equivalent of 腧, used in acupuncture terms like 俞穴 (acupoint) and 肺俞 (the lung transport point on the back).

Components

ideograph
亼 jí
to gather; assembling roof shape
The pointed top, an abstract gathering or covering shape. It caps the character and no longer depicts a recognizable object in the modern form.
semantic
月 yuè
boat-residue
The lower-left block is a stylized residue of 舟 (boat). The character is thought to have originally pictured hollowing a log into a dugout canoe.
semantic
刂 dāo
knife
The side form of the knife 刀, on the right. It supports the old image of cutting and hollowing wood to make a boat.

Filed under radical 人 (rén, #9) by convention. 人 is not a separate component in 俞, so no strokes are highlighted.

Stroke Order

俞 shù