尤

yóu

outstanding

surname You; particularly, especially; a fault; to express discontentment against

lame figure (尢) + dot (丶) = marked out as exceptional

尢 gives the sound; the added dot (丶) marks something extra, set apart — nudging the character toward the idea of standing out or being exceptional. The fault meaning likely came from the same sense of deviation or being singled out.

尢+丶→尤
丶A dotSemantic
尢A lamePhonetic

他在班里尤为努力,每天都认真复习。

tā zài bān lǐ yóu wéi nǔ lì, měi tiān dōu rèn zhēn fù xí。

He is particularly hardworking in class, reviewing his lessons carefully every day.

这里的冬天尤其寒冷,出门要多穿衣服。

zhè lǐ de dōng tiān yóu qí hán lěng, chū mén yào duō chuān yī fu。

The winters here are especially cold, so you need to wear more clothes when you go out.

Words with 尤

尤金

yóu jīn

(name) Eugene

尤利西斯

yóu lì xī sī

Ulysses (novel)

怨天尤人

yuàn tiān yóu rén

(idiom) to blame the gods and accuse others

以儆效尤

yǐ jǐng xiào yóu

(idiom) to warn against following bad examples; as a warning to others

尤指

yóu zhǐ

especially

尤文图斯

yóu wén tú sī

Juventus, Italian football team

尤克里里

yóu kè lǐ lǐ

ukulele (loanword)

尤其

yóu qí

especially; particularly

尤其是

yóu qí shì

especially

尤利娅·季莫申科

yóu lì yà · jì mò shēn kē

Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician

尤加利

yóu jiā lì

eucalyptus (loanword)

尤坎

yóu kǎn

Rjukan (city in Norway)

More characters with 尢

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