淤

yū

Meanings

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yū

1.silt
2.river sludge
3.to silt up
4.choked with silt
5.variant of 瘀[yū]

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Wiktionary

1.silt

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *qa, *qas): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 於 (OC *qaː, *qa).

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Stroke order

Components

淤氵於

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Derived terms

放淤淤塞淤泥淤溉淤滯淤滞淤積淤积淤血淤閼淤阏

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Related words

淤血 variant of 瘀血[yū xuè]淤伤 bruising 祛淤 variant of 祛瘀[qū yū]淤泥 silt 清淤 to dredge; to remove sludge 淤灌 to warp (fertilize land by flooding)淤青 bruise 淤滞 silted up 淤塞 choked with silt 淤积 to silt up 淤浅 to silt up 淤血斑 bruise