俞

俞 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人一月弓 (OMBN), four-corner 8022₁, composition ⿱亼刖)

• 偷, 喻, 堬, 媮, 崳, 㡏, 愉, 揄, 渝, 㺄, 隃, 𣈥, 榆, 牏, 瑜, 䄖, 腧, 𤭷, 睮, 䃋, 褕, 緰(𦈕), 羭, 𦖭, 蝓, 諭(谕), 䜽, 𧱬, 貐, 踰, 䠼, 輸(输), 䤅, 鍮(𨱎), 䩱, 䬔(𱃞), 𩜶(𱄁), 騟(𩨈)
• 㓱, 鄃, 歈, 毹, 㼶, 覦(觎), 嵛, 萮, 𣈯, 窬, 逾, 愈, 毺, 㢏, 瘉, 䵉, 匬, 𰿵

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 105, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 703
• Dae Jaweon: page 223, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 155, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4FDE

In oracle bone script, it was likely a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 凡 + phonetic inverted 由 (OC *lɯw), hence a form vaguely similar to 甲. It's also possible that the phonetic component is instead an ancient form of 鏃 (OC *ʔsoːɡ).

In bronze inscriptions, 凡 corrupted into 舟, and the bottom-right subcomponent of 甲 gradually corrupted into two lines 巜 (now written 刂). The upper-right subcomponent (vaguely similar to 口) was eventually stylized as (亼) and moved to the top of the character in bamboo slips. Eventually, 舟 was further corrupted into 月, arriving at the modern form.

Unrelated to 前, 刖, 巜, and 巛.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

俞

1. (historical dictionaries only) to hollow a tree to make a boat
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) yes; indeed

   Synonym: 然 (rán)

3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to approve; to consent
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to reply; to respond
5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) satisfied; at ease
6. a surname

   俞大猷  ―  Yú Dàyóu  ―  Yu Dayou (Chinese general and martial artist during the Ming dynasty)

7. obsolete form of 踰 / 逾 (yú): to exceed; to surpass
8. obsolete form of 渝 (yú, “to change”)
9. obsolete form of 愉 (yú), used in 俞俞

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俞

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a surname

俞

1. only used in 俞兒／俞儿 (Shū'ér)

Jiajie (假借).

俞

1. obsolete form of 愈 (yù): even more
2. obsolete form of 癒 / 愈 (yù, “to recover from illness”)
3. obsolete form of 諭 / 谕 (yù), used in 俞咨 (yùzī)
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 呴俞 (xǔyù)

俞

1. obsolete form of 腧 (“acupoint”)
2. obsolete form of 隃, only used in 西俞 (Xīshù)

俞

1. (historical) alternative form of 鄃 (Shū)

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “俞”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00168
• National Languages Promotion Committee, editor (1999), 《國語一字多音審訂表》 [Guóyǔ Yī Zì Duō Yīn Shěndìng Biǎo]‎^[1] (in Chinese), Taipei: Ministry of Education, →ISBN, page 8
• “俞”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: ゆ (yu)
• Kan-on: ゆ (yu)
• Kun: しかり (shikari)

俞 (eum 유 (yu))

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俞: Hán Nôm readings: dũ

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