犹 yóu
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 犭 — dog
- Made of
- 犭 dog 尤 especially, particularly
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
犹如
yóurú
like, as if
Characters in this word
如 rú
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 夜色中的湖面平静得犹如一面镜子。 Yèsè zhōng de húmiàn píngjìng de yóurú yí miàn jìngzi. The lake surface in the night was so calm that it was like a mirror.
- 雪后的山村犹如一幅安静的画。 Xuě hòu de shāncūn yóurú yì fú ānjìng de huà. The mountain village after the snow is like a quiet painting.
- 她的笑容犹如春天的阳光，让人觉得温暖。 Tā de xiàoróng yóurú chūntiān de yángguāng, ràng rén juéde wēnnuǎn. Her smile is like spring sunshine and makes people feel warm.