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禹 · Shi You

Yǔ (3rd tone). 禹 is the name of 大禹 (Yǔ the Great), the flood-taming founder-king of the Xià dynasty. 《說文解字》 etymologises the graph oddly: 『禹,蟲也。从禸,象形』 — 『a reptile-like creature; from 禸, pictographic』, reflecting an old myth that he was bor $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart