榆 — Chinese character
榆
yú
elm tree
- Pinyin
- yú
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 木 俞
- Formation
- pictophonetic — tree; meaning component 木; sound component 俞
Common words with 榆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 榆树 (榆樹) | yú shù | elm |
| 榆木 | yú mù | elm; elmwood |
| 榆木脑袋 (榆木腦袋) | yú mù nǎo dai | (coll.) thickhead; (coll.) thick skull (i.e. the brain of a thickhead) |
| 收之桑榆 | shōu zhī sāng yú | see 失之東隅，收之桑榆|失之东隅，收之桑榆[shi1 zhi1 dong1 yu2 , shou1 zhi1 sang1 yu2] |
| 榆木疙瘩 | yú mù gē da | (lit.) knot on an elm tree (idiom); (fig.) blockhead; dunce |
| 榔榆 | láng yú | Chinese or lacebark elm (Ulmus parvifolia) |
| 榆木脑壳 (榆木腦殼) | yú mù nǎo ké | (coll.) a blockhead; a thickhead |
English words written with 榆
榆 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 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.