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

Historical forms of the character 俞
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Oracle bone script j19961 j19962 j19963 Bronze inscriptions b13234 b13235 b13236 b13237 b13238 b13239 b13240 b13241 b13242 Small seal script s06179 Transcribed ancient scripts L30528 L30529 L30530 L02687 L02688 L02689
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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.

俞

1. to approve; to consent
2. yes
3. to reply; to respond
4. (literary) satisfied; at ease
5. a surname

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

俞

1. ^† Alternative form of 腧 (“acupoint”)

俞

1. ^† a surname

俞

1. ^† Alternative form of 愈 (yù, “even more”)
2. ^† Alternative form of 癒 / 愈 (yù, “to recover”)

俞

1. Used in 俞兒／俞儿.

• (Min Nan) “Entry #41096”, 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., 2024.

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): ゆ (yu)
• Kun: しかり (shikari)

俞 (eum 유 (yu))

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俞: Hán Nôm readings: dũ

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