豫 (yù): abbr. for Henan province 河南 in central China, happy, carefree
豫 (yù) is a Chinese character meaning “happy.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 予 (phonetic) and 象 (semantic). It ranks #1929 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 豫 elephant. Its radical form 豕 (pig) appears in many related characters such as 象 (xiàng, elephant), 豪 (háo, grand).
Definitions
- abbr. for Henan province 河南 in central China
- happy
- carefree
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 豫
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毫不犹豫 | háo bù yóu yù | without the slightest hesitation |
| 犹豫不决phrase | yóu yù bù jué | hesitancy |
| 不豫adjective | bù yù | (literary) unhappy |
| 豫告 | yù gào | to forecast |
| 宿豫区 | sù yù qū | Suyu, a district of Suqian City 宿遷市|宿迁市, Jiangsu |
| 李豫 | lǐ yù | Li Yu, personal name of ninth Tang emperor Taizong 代宗 (727-779), reigned 762-779 |
| 豫剧noun | yù jù | Henan opera |
| 宿豫 | sù yù | see 宿豫區|宿豫区 |
| 冘豫 | yóu yù | variant of 猶豫|犹豫 |
| 逸豫noun | yì yù | idleness and pleasure |
豫 appears in 11 compound words: 18 as the first character, 64 as the last, and 18 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 豫 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
学习豫字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí yù zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the character "豫" requires repeated practice to write it neatly.
台人身高居亚洲后段班 家长犹豫恐错失孩子生长黄金期
tái rén shēn gāo jū yà zhōu hòu duàn bān jiā cháng yóu yù kǒng cuò shī hái zǐ shēng cháng huáng jīn qī
Taiwanese People Rank Among the Shortest in Asia; Parents Worry They May Miss Their Children’s Golden Growth Period
别再犹豫!台积电是大量买入的明确选择 外媒全说了
bié zài yóu yù ! tái jī diàn shì dà liàng mǎi rù de míng què xuǎn zé wài méi quán shuō le
Don’t hesitate any longer! TSMC is the clear choice for a major buy—foreign media have all said so
...证券:伯特利(603596.SH)拟收购豫北转向 汽车行业整合迎线控变革时代
. . . zhèng quàn : bó tè lì ( 6 0 3 5 9 6 . S H ) nǐ shōu gòu yù běi zhuǎn xiàng qì chē háng yè zhěng gě yíng xiàn kòng biàn gé shí dài
... Securities: Bethel (603596.SH) intends to acquire northern Henan to turn the automotive industry into the era of wire control change
豫哈零碳协作,让河南产业援疆“沉下去”“实...
yù hā líng tàn xié zuò , ràng hé nán chǎn yè yuán jiāng chén xià qù shí . . .
Henan-Kazakhstan zero-carbon cooperation allows Henan's industrial aid to Xinjiang to "sink" and "real...
上海首波大客流已抵达!外滩、南京路、豫园......客流量..
shàng hǎi shǒu bō dà kè liú yǐ dǐ dá ! wài tān , nán jīng lù , yù yuán . . . . . . kè liú liàng . .
Shanghai's first wave of large passenger flow has arrived! The Bund, Nanjing Road, Yu Garden...... Passenger flow:
他为什么仍然犹豫不决？
Tā wèishénme réngrán yóuyùbùjué?
Why did he remain hesitant?
他毫不犹豫地把自己的车卖了。
Tā háo bù yóuyù de bǎ zìjǐ de chē mài le.
Without the slightest hesitation, he sold his own car.
犹豫了片刻之后，他把书放在了桌子上。
Yóuyù le piànkè zhīhòu, tā bǎ shū fàng zài le zhuōzi shàng.
After some hesitation, he laid the book on the desk.
记者没有犹豫地去干涉了人们的私生活。
Jìzhě méiyǒu yóuyù de qù gānshè le rénmen de sīshēnghuó.
Reporters do not hesitate to intrude into people's privacy.
Character Family
豕 Radical Family — Characters sharing the pig radical
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