偶 — Chinese character
偶
ǒu
accidentally, coincidently; mate, image, idol
- Pinyin
- ǒu
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 亻 禺
- Formation
- pictophonetic — person; meaning component 亻; sound component 禺
- Japanese
- 偶 as a kanji
Common words with 偶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偶像 | ǒu xiàng | idol |
| 偶尔 (偶爾) | ǒu ěr | occasionally; once in a while |
| 偶然 | ǒu rán | incidentally; occasional |
| 配偶 | pèi ǒu | spouse |
| 玩偶 | wán ǒu | toy figurine; action figure |
| 木偶 | mù ǒu | puppet |
| 人偶 | rén ǒu | puppet; figure |
| 偶遇 | ǒu yù | to meet by chance |
| 对偶 (對偶) | duì ǒu | dual; duality |
| 偶数 (偶數) | ǒu shù | even number |
| 偶像剧 (偶像劇) | ǒu xiàng jù | idol drama; drama series in which the actors are chosen for their preexisting popularity with young viewers |
| 求偶 | qiú ǒu | to seek a marriage partner; (of an animal) to seek a mate; to court |
English words written with 偶
偶 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 3
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.