幽
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remote; hidden away; secluded; serene; peaceful; to imprison; in superstition indicates the underworld; ancient district spanning Liaonang and Hebei provinces
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Dict coverage rank #1,730 U+5E7D
How 幽 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Small niches 幺 in the mountainside 山; 幺 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
secluded · Heisig RSH #2410
山 mountain + cocoon
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 幽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白腹幽鹛 | bái fù yōu méi | (bird species of China) spot-throated babbler (Pellorneum albiventre) |
| 探幽发微 | tàn yōu fā wēi | to probe deeply and uncover minute details |
| 周幽王 | Zhōu Yōu wáng | King You of Zhou (795-771 BC), last king of Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1] |
| 棕头幽鹛 | zōng tóu yōu méi | (bird species of China) puff-throated babbler (Pellorneum ruficeps) |
| 黑色幽默 | hēi sè yōu mò | black humor |
| 幽会 | yōu huì | (usually of lovers) to rendezvous in secret |
| 幽门螺旋杆菌 | yōu mén luó xuán gǎn jūn | Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium) |
| 幽门螺旋菌 | yōu mén luó xuán jūn | Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium) |
| 幽门 | yōu mén | pylorus (anatomy) |
| 幽门螺杆菌 | yōu mén luó gǎn jūn | Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium) |
| 幽明 | yōu míng | the hidden and the visible; that which can be seen and that which cannot; darkness and lig… |
| 幽州 | Yōu zhōu | Youzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning; Fanyang 範陽|范阳 ancient city near mod… |
| 幽美 | yōu měi | (of a location) beautiful and tranquil |
| 清幽 | qīng yōu | (of a location) quiet and secluded; beautiful and secluded |
| 幽香 | yōu xiāng | delicate fragrance |
| 幽绿 | yōu lǜ | moss green; dark sea green |
| 幽微 | yōu wēi | faint; subtle (of sound, scent etc); profound; mysterious; dim |
| 幽深 | yōu shēn | serene and hidden in depth or distance |
| 幽灵 | yōu líng | specter; apparition; ghost |
| 幽雅 | yōu yǎ | serene and elegant (of a place); ethereal (of music) |