What is the 肀 component in Chinese characters?

肀 (yù) is a Chinese character component associated here with “pen”. It appears in 2 indexed related characters and is taught as a Visual pattern.

Is 肀 a radical or a component?

肀 serves as both a component used for learning patterns and a radical used for dictionary indexing. This page focuses on the learning pattern; the linked radical page focuses on lookup.

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Visual pattern

肀 component

yù · pen

A recurring visual building block found inside multiple Chinese characters. Compare what stays the same and what changes across the family.

View stroke order Open radical family

A repeatable reading move

How to use 肀

Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.

Spot 肀

Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.

Compare the visual pattern

Use the stable shape to recognize the family, without assuming it always supplies meaning or sound.

Check what changes

Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.

Shared clue肀Visual pattern

Read the pattern before memorizing the list

Use the shared shape as a recognition anchor, then confirm the full character's pronunciation and meaning.

The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.

Compare the family

What stays the same, what changes?

These cards only show complete visual decompositions from the current dataset that contain 肀.

聿=

肀+二

yù

writing brush, pencil

Study character

唐=

广+肀+口

táng

the Tang dynasty

Study character

Move into vocabulary

Words you can read next

These words contain characters from the 肀 family. Open one to see its complete breakdown.

荒唐huāngtáng

beyond belief

HSK 3.0 · L7-9 唐棣táng dì

shadbush or shadberry

mongrel

hothouse flower

a dandy

thangka

tenement building, typically of 2-4 stories, with a shop on the ground floor and upper floors used for residential purposes

唐氏儿táng shì ér

Down's syndrome child

唐突táng tū

to be rude

唐扬táng yáng

Japanese-style fried food, usually chicken

唐táng