豫
Yu4
#1,953 most
frequent character
abbr. for Henan province 河南 in central China
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
豫 yù pairs 象 elephant as the meaning part with 予 yǔ for sound. It first meant a large elephant. The sense peace and happiness came by sound loan, not from elephants.
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