舆 meaning and stroke order
Cart, palanquin, sedan chair
How to write 舆, stroke by stroke
14 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 舆
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1])
- (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven); land; territory
- (literary) carriage
- (literary) sedan chair; palanquin
- (bound form) the multitudes; the people; the public
How 舆 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. A cart 车 carried on one's shoulder 舁.
Radical: 车 (cart), shared by 50 characters on this site.
How to remember 舆
Picture a cart 车 (chē) wrapped inside two pairs of lifting hands 舁 (yú), raised onto people's shoulders. A cart carried by people is a sedan chair, and the many people carrying it hint at the other meaning, the public.
Today 舆 is almost always a bound form in formal words, most commonly 舆论 (yúlùn, public opinion) and 舆情 (yúqíng, public sentiment). The older senses of carriage and land appear in literary or set terms like 舆图 (yútú, map of a territory). Example: 舆论压力很大。(Yúlùn yālì hěn dà.) The pressure of public opinion is very strong.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 舆 with 与 (yǔ, and; with) or 兴 (xìng, xīng), which look similar at the top, and they read it as yǔ in third tone. 舆 is second tone, yú, and it has 车 enclosed at the center.
Common words with 舆
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 舆论 | yúlùn | public opinion | HSK 7-9 |
舆 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 舆
How many strokes are in 舆?
舆 is written with 14 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 舆 mean?
舆 (yú) means cart, palanquin, sedan chair. A common word with it is 舆论 (yúlùn), meaning "public opinion".
How do you pronounce 舆?
舆 is pronounced yú, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 舆?
The radical of 舆 is 车, which carries the idea of "cart". Dictionaries list 舆 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 舆?
The traditional form of 舆 is 輿. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 舆 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 舆 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 舆 is part of the HSK 7-9 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
Can I use 舆 by itself to mean car or cart in modern Chinese?
No. On its own 舆 sounds literary or classical. For a car or cart in everyday speech use 车 (chē), and keep 舆 for fixed words like 舆论.
Why does a character for carriage also mean the earth or territory?
In classical writing the carriage chassis was paired with its canopy, and the canopy stood for heaven while the base stood for earth. From that image 舆 came to mean land or territory, as in 舆图 (yútú, map).