萸 meaning and stroke order
Dogwood
How to write 萸, stroke by stroke
11 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 萸
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- used in 茱萸[zhu1 yu2]
How 萸 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Plant.
艹 gives the meaning and 臾 hints at the sound.
Radical: 艹 (grass), shared by 421 characters on this site.
How to remember 萸
The grass radical 艹 on top tells you this is a plant, and 臾 (yú) underneath gives the sound. Picture a plant growing over 臾 to remember 萸 (yú), the dogwood.
萸 almost never appears alone. It is used in the word 茱萸 (zhūyú), a plant often translated as dogwood, known from the Double Ninth Festival custom of wearing its sprigs. Example: 遍插茱萸少一人。(Biàn chā zhūyú shǎo yī rén.) Everyone wears dogwood, but one person is missing.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write the bottom part as 臼 or confuse 萸 with 庾 (yǔ), which shares 臾 but has 广 instead of 艹. Also keep the second tone in 茱萸 (zhūyú) rather than reading it as yǔ.
Questions about 萸
How many strokes are in 萸?
萸 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 萸 mean?
萸 (yú) means dogwood.
How do you pronounce 萸?
萸 is pronounced yú, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 萸?
The radical of 萸 is 艹, which carries the idea of "grass". Dictionaries list 萸 under this radical.
Where does the line 遍插茱萸少一人 come from?
It is from the Tang poem 九月九日忆山东兄弟 by 王维 (Wáng Wéi). The poet misses his brothers on the Double Ninth Festival, when people climbed hills wearing 茱萸 (zhūyú).
Can 萸 be used by itself to mean dogwood?
Not in normal modern Chinese. It is a bound character, so you should always use the full word 茱萸 (zhūyú).