淤(yū): silt
11 strokes
silt
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- yū
- Meaning
- silt; river sludge; to silt up; choked with silt; variant of 瘀[yu1]
- Strokes
- 11
- HSK level
- —
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 淤 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 淤 step by step
11 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 淤
Common words using 淤 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
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