淤
yū
Pinyin

Definition

淤
 - 
yū
  1. silt
  2. river sludge
  3. to silt up
  4. choked with silt
  5. variant of 瘀[yū]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (8)

淤
yū
  1. 1 silt
  2. 2 river sludge
  3. 3 to silt up
  4. 4 choked with silt
  5. 5 variant: 瘀 yū
淤泥
yū ní
  1. 1 silt
  2. 2 sludge
  3. 3 ooze
淤积
yū jī
  1. 1 to silt up
  2. 2 silt
  3. 3 sediment
  4. 4 ooze
  5. 5 slurry
淤血
yū xuè
  1. 1 variant: 瘀血 yū xuè
淤青
yū qīng
  1. 1 bruise
  2. 2 contusion

Idioms (1)

出淤泥而不染
chū yū ní ér bù rǎn
  1. 1 lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be principled and incorruptible