禹 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「禸」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「禸」
- On
- ウ
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- Yu, the ancient sovereign
Origin
Originally a pictograph of a crawling creature; used for Yu, the legendary sovereign who tamed the floods.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 禹う
Yu the Great
- 夏禹かう
Yu of the Xia
Example
禹は九年の洪水を治めたという。
Yu is said to have mastered nine years of flood.
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