游

yóu

yóuspelled as iu · 2nd tone — spelling rules

to swim

Radical: 氵 Strokes: 12 HSK 3

Structure: Left-middle-rightFrequency: Common

Same radical

海清法流治河沙江油波深没

Same radical

海清法流治河沙江油波深没活洋温

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Character Decomposition

游=氵+斿

Etymology

To swim freely 斿 through the seas 氵

Meanings

to swim

yóu

to walk

to tour

to roam

to travel

yóu

surname You

Yóu

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Words with 游 749 total

to go on a tour · to have an outing出游chū yóu to amuse oneself般游pán yóu to float · to drift · to wander浮游fú yóu to travel around (the world, a country etc)环游huán yóu place one has previously visited · old haunts旧游jiù yóu tour guide · guidebook · to conduct a tour导游dǎo yóu

Idioms with 游 85 total Chain

a fish at the bottom of the pot (idiom) · in a desperate situation釜底游鱼fǔ dǐ yóu yú