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隅

yú

corner, cranny, niche

🔤 Pictophonetic: 阝 (place) provides meaning, 禺 provides pronunciation

HSK 11 strokes Uncommon (34%)

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Component Breakdown

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district; mountain in Zhejiang

⿰阝禺 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

yì

阝

place, town, city

2 strokes

yú

禺

district; mountain in Zhejiang

9 strokes

rì

日

sun; day; daytime

📷 Pictographic: The sun

4 strokes HSK 2

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

róu

禸

rump

5 strokes

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

sī

厶

private, secret

📷 Pictographic: A silk cocoon

2 strokes

Words Using 隅 (8)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

lit. to face the corner (idiom) / fig. to miss out on sth

xiàngyú

向隅 ↗

lit. to face the corner (idiom) / fig. to miss out on sth

失之东隅，收之桑榆 ↗

shīzhīdōngyú,shōuzhīsāngyú

to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom); to compensate later for one's earlier loss / what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

shīzhīdōngyú,shōuzhīsāngyú

失之东隅，收之桑榆 ↗

to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom); to compensate later for one's earlier loss / what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

局促一隅 ↗

júcùyīyú

to be cramped in a corner (idiom)

júcùyīyú

局促一隅 ↗

to be cramped in a corner (idiom)

Zayü county, Tibetan: Rdza yul rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture [[林芝地區|林芝地区<Línzhīdìqū>]], Tibet

Cháyú

察隅 ↗

Zayü county, Tibetan: Rdza yul rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture [[林芝地區|林芝地区<Línzhīdìqū>]], Tibet

察隅县 ↗

Cháyúxiàn

Zayü county, Tibetan: Rdza yul rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture [[林芝地區|林芝地区<Línzhīdìqū>]], Tibet

Cháyúxiàn

察隅县 ↗

Zayü county, Tibetan: Rdza yul rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture [[林芝地區|林芝地区<Línzhīdìqū>]], Tibet