yu
The letter Ю, ю.
Noun archaeology, history
- An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
- A group of slenderer yu also survive from the Shang into the early Chou period, though they are rarer than the other design […] A yu with square body in the Hakuzuru Museum is the finest of these. - 1962, William...
- Jade, nephrite or jadeite.
- The Yu, although of the hardness of rock crystal, is worked into an endless variety of forms […] - 1818, Clarke Abel, Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, page 133:
- Another stone with which it would be interesting to compare it is the celebrated yu stone of the Chinese, which Dr. Abel, in his work on China, conjectured to be a species of nephrite […] - 1826, The Asiatic Journal and...
Origin
Etymology tree Chinese 玉bor. English yu Borrowed from Chinese 玉.
Forms
Noun Entry 2
- The letter Ю, ю.
Origin
Etymology tree Russian ю (ju)bor. English yu Borrowed from Russian ю (ju).
Forms
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Pronoun
- Eye dialect spelling of you.
- Then, in a staggering display of empathy for the deceased lacking, this friend segues to the narcissist nub of the matter: "Omg wat if yu get arrested b4 yur bdai." - 2009 March 10, Rosie DiManno, “Murder reduced to...
Origin
See you.