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Meanings

  1. 1 pleased
  2. 2 comfortable
  3. 3 Henan

Examples

Yóuyù
to hesitate; indecisive
Hénán shěng
Henan Province (abbreviated 豫)

Tips

usage
is the old abbreviation for Henan province, China's central heartland

Components

radical
xiàng
elephant
Right side — pictograph of an elephant with its long trunk hanging down. The indexing radical (filed under pig-snout in dictionaries, but visually elephant). originally meant a giant elephant, then 'leisurely, at ease' (elephants are slow), then 'to hesitate.' is also the classical name for Henan, where wild elephants once roamed.
phonetic
give; grant
Left supplies the sound: yǔ → yù with tone shift only. originally pictured something being passed hand-to-hand (give, grant — surviving in 予以 to render, 赋予 to bestow). Same phonetic appears in sequence, to express, weaver's shuttle. Recognising as a phonetic unlocks the whole family at once.

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