虞
(literary) to expect; to anticipate; (literary) to be concerned about; to be apprehensive; (literary) to deceive; to dupe
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,399 U+865E
How 虞 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
虍 (semantic, “tiger”) + 吴 (phonetic, wú)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 吴
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 吴 (wú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吴 sound component | wú | one of several warring states; surname |
| 误 | wù | error, fault, mistake; to delay |
| 娱 | yú | pleasure, enjoyment, amusement |
| 俣 | yǔ | big |
| 蜈 | wú | centipede |
Words containing 虞
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安全无虞 | ān quán wú yú | safe and secure |
| 衣食无虞 | yī shí wú yú | not having to worry about food and clothes (idiom); provided with the basic necessities |
| 上虞区 | Shàng yú Qū | Shangyu, a district of Shaoxing City 紹興市|绍兴市[Shao4 xing1 Shi4], Zhejiang |
| 虞城县 | Yú chéng Xiàn | Yucheng, a county in Shangqiu City 商丘市[Shang1 qiu1 Shi4], Henan |
| 虞世南 | Yú Shì nán | Yu Shinan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one … |
| 虞应龙 | Yú Yìng lóng | Yu Yinglong, Yuan dynasty scholar, collaborated on the geographical encyclopedia Dayuan Da… |
| 不虞 | bù yú | unexpected; eventuality; contingency; not worry about |
| 无虞 | wú yú | to be free from danger or cause for concern |
| 上虞 | Shàng yú | see 上虞區|上虞区[Shang4 yu2 Qu1] |
| 虞城 | Yú chéng | see 虞城縣|虞城县[Yu2 cheng2 Xian4] |
| 尔虞我诈 | ěr yú wǒ zhà | lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom); fig. each tries to outwit the other; deceit … |
| 尔诈我虞 | ěr zhà wǒ yú | see 爾虞我詐|尔虞我诈[er3 yu2 wo3 zha4] |
| 虞喜 | Yú Xǐ | Yu Xi, Chinese astronomer (c. 270-345), known for discovering the earth's precession |
| 虞翻 | Yú Fān | Yu Fan (164–233), Eastern Wu scholar, official, and commentator on the I Ching |
| 不虞匮乏 | bù yú kuì fá | to have ample supplies (or money etc) |
| 无虞匮乏 | wú yú kuì fá | see 不虞匱乏|不虞匮乏[bu4 yu2 kui4 fa2] |
| 堪虞 | kān yú | worrisome; precarious; to be at risk |
| 虞舜 | Yú Shùn | Yu Shun, one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4] |
| 驺虞 | zōu yú | zouyu (mythical animal); official in charge of park animals; name of an archaic ceremonial… |