Yeò u means: a garden for raising animals; Also refers to limitations, rigid.

Source: Poem Elegance Lingtai, an anonymous book in the pre-Qin period: "The king is in the spirit, and the stork is crouching."

Interpretation: The king is in the big garden, and the doe is lazy and crouching in the shade.

Related words

Garden, Wild, Arrested, Suburb, People, Poem, Bie, Flower, Bureau, Garden, etc. Extended information

the evolution of glyph

The classical Chinese version of Shuo Wen Jie Zi: There is a garden with walls. From the mouth, there is sound. One is an animal, the other is an animal. ? , the text is awkward.

vernacular version of Shuo Wen Jie Zi: a garden with a low wall. The glyph uses "Xi" as the side and "You" as the sound side. Another view is that "Xi" is a garden for raising animals. ? This is the word "Kuang" written in calligraphy.

explanation of words

1. [jú yòu]?

definition: limitation.

2. Flower? [ huā yòu ]?

definition: flower garden.

3. Poetry [shī yòu]?

interpretation: the garden of poetry.

4. Suburb [jiāo yòu]?

definition: a garden where birds and animals are kept outside the city.

5. sleepy [kùn yòu]?

definition: to be in trouble or predicament, meaning to be unable to get out.