Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

猶: furthermore, still

Also: yet

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

⺨ carries the meaning · 酋 gives the sound

12 strokes
  • Oracle bone · Shang
  • Today

Oracle bone: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

One reading, and the words that use it

ユウyuu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 猶予ゆうよpostponement; deferment; extension (of time)
  • 執行猶予しっこうゆうよstay of execution; suspended sentence
  • 起訴猶予きそゆうよsuspension of indictment

Also read ユ, なお, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Watch the wild beast stalking through the brush! These three quick strokes capture the energy of a four-legged animal on the prowl.”
More in the 犭 beast story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
⺨

Also built on beast (⺨)

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酋

Also built on 酋

Also read ユウ

26 kanji share this on'yomiAll 26

Also read ユ

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
猶 furthermore · ⺨
vs尊 revered · 寸
猶 has ⺨ where 尊 has 寸.
In ChineseSimplified 犹 · traditional, as in Japanese · yóu

Japan keeps the traditional form 猶; mainland China simplifies it to 犹.

Simplified
犹 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
猶 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yóu 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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