Japanese symbol for “yu”
竽
う
Romaji: u
yu; free reed wind instrument used in ancient China and Nara-period Japan
In Japanese, yu is 竽, read う (u).
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Meanings
- n yu; free reed wind instrument used in ancient China and Nara-period Japan
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “yu”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雷地予 | らいちよ raichiyo | yu (hexagram 16 of the I Ching: enthusiasm) |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.