Keyword
to silt up
- mud
- sediment
- to clog up
- Frequency
- #3416
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
yū
Mnemonic
氵 (water) gives the meaning and 於 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
淤泥
silt; sludge; ooze
淤积
to silt up; silt; sediment; ooze; slurry
淤
silt; river sludge; to silt up; choked with silt
淤塞
choked with silt; silted up
淤青
bruise; contusion
清淤
to dredge; to remove sludge
出淤泥而不染
lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom); fig. to be principled and incorruptible
淤滞
silted up; obstructed by silt
淤浅
to silt up