禹 Stroke Order

禹 [yǔ] 1. Legendary figure, the first ruler of the Xia Dynasty in ancient China, who is said to have managed floods. 2. A surname. 禹 [yǔ] 1. Legendary figure, the first ruler of the Xia Dynasty in ancient China, who is said to have managed floods: 禹域 (referring to the territory of China). 2. A surname. 本义: 虫名。《说文》: “虫也。” 一说为龋虫. 【造字法】: 象形。小篆字形。 引 1. Han Dynasty - Jia Yi, "On Accumulation": 禹、汤被之矣。(Both Yu and Tang (have) suffered. It is said that Yu of the Xia Dynasty suffered from nine years of floods, while Tang suffered from seven years of drought.) 2. "Dream of the Red Chamber": 尧、舜、禹、汤…皆应运而生者. 例 如: 禹功 (the achievements of Yu in flood control); 禹迹 (it is said that Yu's footprints were all over the nine provinces during his flood control, hence China's territory is referred to as Yu's footprints); 禹启 (Yu and his son Qi); 禹鼎 (the bronze cauldron cast by Da Yu, symbolizing the fate of the country, representing the nine provinces, representing China).