variant of 愈[yu4]

to heal

sound (俞) + heart (心) = to heal

俞 lends the sound yù; the heart radical anchors the meaning, since healing was understood as the heart — and the whole self — returning to ease.

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A phonetic component historically associated with the sound yùPhonetic
HeartSemantic

他手上的伤口已经合了。

tā shǒu shang de shāng kǒu yǐ jīng yù hé le。

the wound on his hand has already healed.

这道伤口很深,合需要很长时间。

zhè dào shāng kǒu hěn shēn,yù hé xū yào hěn cháng shí jiān。

this wound is very deep; healing will take a very long time.

Words with 愈

霍然而愈

huò rán ér yù

to recover speedily (idiom); to get better quickly

韩愈

hán yù

Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4] and neoclassical 復古|复古[fu4 gu3] movements

不治而愈

bù zhì ér yù

to recover spontaneously (from an illness)

全愈

quán yù

variant of 痊癒|痊愈[quan2 yu4]

自愈

zì yù

to heal oneself; to repair itself

愈来愈

yù lái yù

more and more

愈加

yù jiā

all the more

愈描愈黑

yù miáo yù hēi

see 越描越黑[yue4 miao2 yue4 hei1]

愈演愈烈

yù yǎn yù liè

ever more critical

愈发

yù fā

all the more

愈益

yù yì

increasingly

每下愈况

měi xià yù kuàng

see 每況愈下|每况愈下[mei3 kuang4 yu4 xia4]

More characters with 俞