渝

yú

俞 + 氵

Definitions

Yú (noun) short name for Chongqing

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 俞 represents the sound.

Semantic: 氵 Phonetic: 俞

About

渝 is a phono-semantic compound: the water radical 氵 (water) provides the meaning, and 俞 gives the sound. Originally it named a river in the Sichuan basin. Over time it gained the verb sense "to change, alter, or break a promise", drawing on water's shifting nature as a metaphor for infidelity or deviation. Today it is most familiar as the official one-character abbreviation for Chongqing municipality, while the "change" meaning survives mainly in formal and classical contexts.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

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Example Sentences Hide

重庆的简称是渝。

Chóngqìng de jiǎnchēng shì Yú.

Chongqing's abbreviation is Yu.

渝味火锅非常受欢迎。

Yú wèi huǒguō fēicháng shòu huānyíng.

Yu-style hot pot is very popular.

渝中区是重庆的中心。

Yúzhōng qū shì Chóngqìng de zhōngxīn.

Yuzhong District is the center of Chongqing.

公司在渝设有办事处。

Gōngsī zài Yú shè yǒu bànshì chù.

The company has an office in Yu.

渝新欧班列运货量大。

Yú-Xīn-Ōu bānliè yùn huò liàng dà.

The Yu-Xin-Ou freight train has a large cargo volume.

渝派艺术独具风格。

Yú pài yìshù dú jù fēnggé.

Yu-school art has a unique style.

渝沪经济合作密切。

Yú-Hù jīngjì hézuò mìqiè.

Economic cooperation between Yu and Shanghai is close.

渝河流域生态保护良好。

Yú hé liúyù shēngtài bǎohù liánghǎo.

The ecological protection of the Yu River basin is good.

Related Characters

Composed characters:

Component: 俞

Component: 氵

渝