偶ǒu
accidentally, coincidently; mate, image, idol. 11 strokes, radical 亻, first met in HSK 5.
What 偶 is made of
亻 (rén, man) and 禺 (yú, district).
亻 carries the meaning — person — and 禺 carries the sound.
How to write 偶
Strokes 1–2 write 亻, then strokes 3–11 write 禺.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 偶
Words that use 偶
| 偶尔 | occasionally 表示情况不经常出现，次数很少 微风偶尔从湖面轻轻吹来。A breeze occasionally drifted in off the lake. Lesson 461, 岁稔风和 · 楷模表率与地阔天长 · Exemplary Models & Vast Expanses |
| 偶然 | by chance, accidental 指事先没有预料、意外发生的 老友们偶然在小镇重逢叙旧。The old friends met again in town, purely by chance. Lesson 461, 岁稔风和 · 楷模表率与地阔天长 · Exemplary Models & Vast Expanses |
| 偶像 | idol 指受人崇拜、效仿的人物 青年摄影师把劳动模范视作偶像。The young photographer regarded the labor model as his idol. Lesson 462, 光影正道 · 笃诚务实与厚泽沃野 · Steadfast Integrity & Fertile Horizons |
Characters that share the sound part 禺
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 亻
All 84 of them, and what the radical means, on the 人 radical page.