吁
yù
#2,133 most
frequent character
variant of 籲|吁[yu4]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
吁 pairs 口, mouth, with 于 yú as a sound part. Its first sense was crafty and treacherous. Read xū, 'to sigh' was borrowed for the sound; read yù, 'to implore' was borrowed too.
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