愈 (jyu6 | yu4) : more and more

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愈

jyu6

yu4

[1] [adv] more and more; the more ... the more ...; increasingly | [variant] 越
[2] [v] [literary] surpass; exceed

愈 is also the simplified form of 癒.

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Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: 心 (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

愈

This word has been viewed 3998 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Feb 2011 04:25

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愈來愈 jyu6 loi4 jyu6 yu4 lai2 yu4 = more and more

愈加 jyu6 gaa1 yu4 jia1 = all the more; even more; further

愈演愈烈 jyu6 jin2 jyu6 lit6 yu3 yan3 yu3 lie4 = to become ever more violent

愈幫愈忙 jyu6 bong1 jyu6 mong4 yu3 bang1 yu3 mang2 = more help is more interference

愈早愈好 jyu6 zou2 jyu6 hou2 = the earlier the better

每況愈下 mui5 fong3 jyu6 haa6 mei3 kuang4 yu4 xia4 = go from bad to worse

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Decimal representation of this word: 愈
Unicode code for this character: U+6108 (off-site link)

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