GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 137

俞

俞 is read as yú.

Pinyin

yú

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 俞

Basic meaning

yes; assent

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Zhou-period ancestor-name and assent-word traditions; Zhou-period tradition, 1046-256 BCE

Place: Central-plains lineage traditions

Origin note

Yu surname traditions include ancestor-name explanations. The character can also mean agreement or assent in classical usage, but the page keeps that separate from origin.

Historical figures

俞伯牙 (Yu Boya)

legendary antiquity · musician

A legendary musician associated with the story of the understanding friend.

俞樾 (Yu Yue)

1821-1907 CE · Qing scholar

A Qing philologist and classical scholar.

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