CHINESE SCRIPT

CHINESE CHARACTER FORMATION & ETYMOLOGY

 

 

 

 

6 strokes ( )

lㄡ3, lㄡ4 (iow3, iow4)

yǒu, yòu

 

有 = to have, to posses; there is; there are; to exist; to be => [yòu], a character component used to represent a hand and provide the sound + a bottom component similar to , but in fact derives from (meat, radical 130) and suggests the meaning, i.e. a hand that holds meat, thus possesses edible food, which allows to exist

related: ,