豫

yù
noun

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 4
Wǒ nǎinai hěn xǐhuan tīng yùjù.
My grandma loves listening to Henan opera.
HSK 4
Tā lǎojiā zài Yùnán de yí ge xiǎo cūnzi lǐ.
His family home is in a small village in southern Henan.

Tips

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

Components

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

Stroke Order

豫 yù