妤 (yú): used in 婕妤

妤 (yú) is a Chinese character meaning “used in 婕妤.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 女 (semantic) and 予 (phonetic). It ranks #9999 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 妤 woman. Its radical form 女 (woman) appears in many related characters such as 女 (nǚ, woman), 她 (tā, she), 好 (hǎo, good).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. used in 婕妤

Etymology & Origin

妤

pictophoneticwoman

Decomposition: ⿰女予 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
婕妤jié yúsecond-rank concubine (title for an imperial concubine ranked two levels below the empress)
1
Total compounds
0
As first character
100
As last character
0
As middle character

妤 appears in 1 compound words: 0 as the first character, 100 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

中国新闻网·体育Oct 2026

朱启南说,网友口中的“小孩姐”陈妤颉,就是从校运动会中被发掘出来的。

zhū qǐ nán shuō , wǎng yǒu kǒu zhōng de xiǎo hái jiě chén yú xié , jiù shì cóng xiào yùn dòng huì zhōng bèi fā jué chū lái de .

Zhu Qinan said that Chen Yujie, known online as “Little Sister,” was discovered at a school sports meet.

中国新闻网·体育Oct 2026

这是17岁的陈妤颉对自己亚运首秀的总结。

zhè shì 1 7 suì de chén yú xié duì zì jǐ yà yùn shǒu xiù de zǒng jié .

This is how 17-year-old Chen Yujie summed up her debut at the Asian Games.

中国新闻网·体育Oct 2026

中网综合:郑钦文、朱琳、孙心然、高馨妤晋级女单次轮

zhōng wǎng zōng hé : zhèng qīn wén , zhū lín , sūn xīn rán , gāo xīn yú jìn jí nǚ dān cì lún

China Open Roundup: Zheng Qinwen, Zhu Lin, Sun Xinran, and Gao Xinyu Advance to the Second Round of Women's Singles

中国新闻网·体育Sep 2026

(爱知·名古屋亚运会)加冕亚洲女飞人,陈妤颉的下一个“赛场”和“烦恼”

( ài zhī míng gǔ wū yà yùn huì ) jiā miǎn yà zhōu nǚ fēi rén , chén yú xié de xià yī gè sài chǎng hé fán nǎo

(Aichi·Nagoya Asian Games) Crowned Asia’s Fastest Woman: Chen Yujie’s Next “Competition” and “Challenges”

中国新闻网·体育Sep 2026

由施君豪、刘国怡、陈妤颉和陈锦丰组成的中国队获得金牌,陈妤颉也收获本届赛事第三金。

yóu shī jūn háo , liú guó yí , chén yú xié hé chén jǐn fēng zǔ chéng de zhōng guó duì huò dé jīn pái , chén yú xié yě shōu huò běn jiè sài shì dì sān jīn .

The Chinese team, consisting of Shi Junhao, Liu Guoyi, Chen Yujie, and Chen Jinfeng, won the gold medal, and Chen Yujie also claimed her third gold medal of the competition.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 女 (woman) component

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 妤 (yú) mean in Chinese?
妤 (yú) primarily means "used in 婕妤." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #9999 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 妤 and 野?
妤 (yú) and 野 (yě) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 女 vs 里 (same 予 component).
How many strokes does 妤 have?
妤 is written with 7 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 妤?
The radical associated with 妤 is 女 (woman). This radical appears in many characters related to woman.
What are the components of 妤?
妤 is composed of: 女 (semantic), 予 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰女予 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 妤?
Common words with 妤 include: 婕妤 (jié yú, "second-rank concubine (title for an imperial concubine ranked two levels below the empress)"). There are over 1 compound words containing this character.
Is 妤 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 妤 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.