漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
佑: help, assist
JLPT N17 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
亻 carries the meaning · 右 is drawn in
7 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ユウyuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 佑助ゆうじょassistance
- 天佑てんゆうdivine aid; divine grace; providential help
- 天佑神助てんゆうしんじょdivine grace; God's help
Also read ウ, たすける, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ウ
10 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side佑 help · 亻
vs若 young · 艹In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yòu
Same form: 佑 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 佑 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 佑 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yòu most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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