攸 Stroke Order

攸 [yōu] 形 1. 所：性命攸关。 Place: Life and death are at stake. 2. 疾走的样子：攸然而逝。 Quick running: Moving swiftly and then disappearing. 3. 水流的样子：河水攸攸。 Water's appearance: The river water flows smoothly. 4. 文言语助词，无义：“四方攸同”。 Classical Chinese particle, without meaning: "The four directions are the same." 本义: 水流的样子 Basic meaning: The appearance of flowing water. 造字法: 会意。从攴( pū)，从人水省。表示人扶杖走水路。 Character formation: Compound ideogram. It consists of the radicals for 'to strike' (攴) and 'human water' which indicates a person walking along a waterway with a staff. 用法: 1. 同本义 ([En.] flowing) Same as the basic meaning: flowing. 引: 1. 《说文》：攸，行水也，从攴，从人，水省。 段玉裁注：“水之安行为攸。” From the "Shuowen": "Yōu denotes flowing water, composed of 徒 and 人 with a water abbreviation. A note by Duan Yucai: 'The tranquil movement of water is what defines yōu.'" 2. 水行攸攸也。——《六书故》引唐本说文 Flowing water is yōu yōu. -- From "Liu Shu Gu", quoting "Shuowen". 2. 安闲 ([En.] leisurely) Leisurely. 引: 1. 《汉书·叙传》：主人攸尔而笑曰。 From the "Book of Han": The host smiled leisurely. 例: 又如: 攸游(安闲从容，自得其乐的样子); 攸乐(闲适安乐); 攸心(心性弛放) For example: Yōu yóu (leisurely and content); Yōu lè (relaxed and blissful); Yōu xīn (relaxed temperament). 3. 长远 ([En.] long-term) Long-term. 引: 1. 汉《冀州从事张表碑》：令德攸兮宣重光。 From the "Stele of Zhang Biao": De will long shine. 2. 《司农刘夫人碑》：极攸远索。 From the "Stele of Lady Liu": Extend to far-reaching aims. 例: 又如: 攸长(长远); 攸隔(远隔); 攸远(遥远，辽远) For example: Yōu zhǎng (long-term); Yōu gé (distant); Yōu yuǎn (far away). 4. 迅疾 ([En.] fast) Fast. 引: 1. 《孟子·万章上》：攸然而失。 From "Mencius": Fast and then lost. 例: 又如: 攸然(迅疾的样子); 攸攸(迅疾的样子; 急速的样子) For example: Yōu rán (swift appearance); Yōu yōu (swift and rapid). 名 1. 放在动词之前，构成名词性词组，相当于“所” ([En.] place) Placed before a verb to form a noun phrase equivalent to "place". 引: 1. 《尔雅》：攸，所也。 From "Erya": Yōu denotes a place. 2. 《易·坤》：君子有攸往。 From "I Ching, Kun": A gentleman has a place to go. 3. 《书·多方》：乃尔攸闻。 From "Book of Documents": Thus it is that you shall hear. 4. 《诗·大雅·皇矣》：攸馘安安。 From "Shijing, Daya, Huangyi": yōu guó ān ān. 5. 《左传·昭公二十六年》：未有攸底。 From "Zuo Zhuan": There was no place for it. 2. 攸县 ([En.] You county)，汉置。故治在今湖南攸县东 You County, established during the Han Dynasty. The seat was located east of present-day You County in Hunan.