裕 (yù) — abundant, affluent
Definition
裕 (yù) is a bound morpheme meaning 'abundant / well-off' — it only appears inside compounds like 富裕, 充裕, and 宽裕, never as a word on its own. The free-standing word for 'rich' is 富 or 富有.
bound form
abundantaffluent
Easily confused
- 俗súlook-alikepopular, common (often with a negative connotation)
- 遇yùsound-alike(bound form) to meet; to encounter
- 浴yùlook-alike(bound morpheme) bath, bathe, wash
- 欲yùsound-alike(bound form) desire; wish (as in 欲望, 食欲)
- 狱yùsound-alike(bound morpheme) prison, jail
- 预yùsound-alike(bound form) in advance, beforehand; pre-
Examples
- 。Tā jiā hěn fù yù.His family is very wealthy.
- ，。Shí jiān chōng yù, bú yòng zháo jí.Time is abundant, no need to rush.
- 。Tā de shēng huó hěn kuān yù.His life is quite well-off.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
裕 pairs 衣 (clothes) with 谷, which gives the sound gǔ. A folk story says 谷 represents space in the clothes.
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