愚

to be stupid; to cheat or deceive; me or I (modest)

13 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,948 U+611A

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

心 (semantic, “heart”) + 禺 (phonetic, yú)

components: 禺心

pea-brained · Heisig RSH #2877

Talking Cricket + 心 heart

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 禺

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 禺 (yú) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
禺 sound component	yú	district; mountain in Zhejiang
偶	ǒu	accidentally, coincidently; mate, image, idol
遇	yù	to meet, to encounter, to come across
寓	yù	residence, lodge, dwelling
耦	ǒu	to plow side-by-side; pair, couple; a team of two
隅	yú	corner, cranny, niche
喁	yóng	to breathe like a fish; to gasp for breath

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
愚公移山	yú gōng yí shān	the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way
愚人节	Yú rén jié	April Fools' Day
愚不可及	yú bù kě jí	impossibly stupid
先天愚型	xiān tiān yú xíng	(old) Down syndrome; trisomy 21
大智如愚	dà zhì rú yú	the wise may appear stupid (idiom); a genius not appreciated in his own time
大智若愚	dà zhì ruò yú	(idiom) great intelligence may appear to be stupidity
大愚	dà yú	idiot; ignorant fool
愚人	yú rén	stupid person; ignoramus
大勇若怯，大智若愚	dà yǒng ruò qiè , dà zhì ruò yú	a great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid (idiom); the general public may …
愚民	yú mín	ignorant masses; to keep the people in ignorance
愚意	yú yì	my humble opinion
治愚	zhì yú	to eliminate backward (unscientific) ways of thinking
愚见	yú jiàn	my humble opinion
愚昧无知	yú mèi wú zhī	stupid and ignorant (idiom)
愚蒙	yú méng	ignorant; stupid
愚鲁	yú lǔ	dull-witted; foolish
卢泰愚	Lú Tài yú	Roh Tae-woo (1932-), South Korean politician, president 1988-1993
愚弄	yú nòng	to make a fool out of; to fool; to dupe
愚弱	yú ruò	ignorant and feeble
愚孝	yú xiào	unquestioning filial piety