俑 — Chinese character
俑
yǒng
wooden figure buried with dead
- Pinyin
- yǒng
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 亻 甬
- Formation
- pictophonetic — person; meaning component 亻; sound component 甬
- Japanese
- 俑 as a kanji
Common words with 俑
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 始作俑者 | shǐ zuò yǒng zhě | (lit.) the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom); (fig.) the originator of an evil practice |
| 兵马俑 (兵馬俑) | bīng mǎ yǒng | figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead; Terracotta Army (historic site) |
| 陶俑 | táo yǒng | a pottery figurine buried with the dead |
| 俑坑 | yǒng kēng | pit with funerary figures; pit containing terracotta warriors |
俑 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1
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.