愚 — Chinese character
愚
yú
stupid, foolish
- Pinyin
- yú
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 禺 心
- Formation
- pictophonetic — heart; meaning component 心; sound component 禺
- Japanese
- 愚 as a kanji
Common words with 愚
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 愚蠢 | yú chǔn | silly; stupid |
| 愚昧 | yú mèi | ignorant; uneducated; ignorance |
| 愚弄 | yú nòng | to make a fool out of; to fool |
| 愚笨 | yú bèn | stupid; clumsy |
| 愚人 | yú rén | stupid person; ignoramus |
| 愚钝 (愚鈍) | yú dùn | stupid; slow-witted |
| 愚民 | yú mín | ignorant masses; to keep the people in ignorance |
| 愚见 (愚見) | yú jiàn | my humble opinion |
| 愚昧无知 (愚昧無知) | yú mèi wú zhī | stupid and ignorant (idiom) |
| 愚公移山 | yú gōng yí shān | the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way |
| 愚不可及 | yú bù kě jí | impossibly stupid |
| 大智若愚 | dà zhì ruò yú | (idiom) great intelligence may appear to be stupidity |
English words written with 愚
愚 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · Analects 9 · Art of War 1 · Zhuangzi 24 · Doctrine of the Mean 4
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 20
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 38
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 65
- Analects 2.9
- Analects 5.20
- Analects 11.17
- Analects 17.3
- Analects 17.8
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