有 yǒu — to have, to possess; there is, there are; to exist

yǒu

to have, to possess; there is, there are; to exist

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Pinyin

yǒu (third tone, dipping)

to have, to possess; there is, there are; to exist

Character breakdown

Ideographic description

⿸𠂇月The sequence reads left to right and describes how the parts are arranged.

𠂇meaning partno entry yetA right hand, the same 又 flattened out so that something can sit under it.
月meaning partNot the moon: here 月 is the flattened meat radical 肉, a cut of meat held in the hand.

Mnemonic

A hand closing over a piece of meat: holding meat is having something worth having. The hand is 又 with its strokes flattened, and the meat is 肉 written in the reduced shape that looks exactly like the moon — which is why dictionaries file 有 under the moon radical although no moon is involved. One rule goes with the character: 有 is negated by 没, never by 不 — 我没有钱, and never 我不有钱.

A memory aid written by HSK Guide editors. It is not an etymology and does not describe the historical origin of the character.

有 yǒu — to have, to possess; there is, there are; to exist

Pinyin

Character breakdown

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Words containing 有

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