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俞

shù / yú
noun #38,868

Meanings

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

Examples

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.
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