yǔ

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Character · NounTraditional璵

jade-like stone

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

a stone resembling jade; jade-like stone

literary

Literary term used in classical texts and often appears in personal names to symbolize virtue or nobility. Commonly appears in the compound 玙璠 (yǔ fán).

Yǔ玙
fán璠
 ，
měi美
yù玉
yě也
 。

Yufan refers to beautiful jade.

Gǔ古
rén人
cháng常
yǐ以
yǔ玙
bǐ比
yù喻
měi美
dé德
 。

Ancient people often used yu to symbolize virtue.

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Cǐ此
shí石
sì似
yù玉
ér而
fēi非
yù玉
 ，
shì是
wéi为
yú玙
yě也
 。

This stone resembles jade but is not jade; it is what is called yu.