隅 — Chinese character
隅
yú
corner, cranny, niche
- Pinyin
- yú
- Radical
- 170 ⾩ (Mound)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 阝 禺
- Formation
- pictophonetic — place; meaning component 阝; sound component 禺
- Japanese
- 隅 as a kanji
Common words with 隅
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 负隅顽抗 (負隅頑抗) | fù yú wán kàng | (idiom) to put up fierce resistance despite being surrounded; to stubbornly refuse to admit defeat |
| 向隅 | xiàng yú | (lit.) to face the corner; (fig.) to miss out on sth |
| 海隅 | hǎi yú | coastal area |
| 向隅而泣 | xiàng yú ér qì | (idiom) to weep in solitude |
| 局促一隅 | jú cù yī yú | to be cramped in a corner (idiom) |
| 举隅法 (舉隅法) | jǔ yú fǎ | synecdoche |
隅 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 2 · Mencius 1 · Great Learning 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.