When it comes to the word "She", many people may first think of the famous She Taijun in history. But you know what?
First of all, let's answer the doubts you may have: how to read the word "she"? It is neither pronounced shē nor yú, but is pronounced shé, which is homophonic with "snake".
Don't look at it and the character "Yu" looks similar, but the pronunciation and meaning are very different!
When it comes to the meaning of the word "She", it is actually a relatively rare surname. Yes, you heard it right, it's mostly used as a surname.
If you meet a friend with the surname "She", can you make a joke with him and ask him if he has anything to do with "snake"? Of course, this is just a joke, and the surnames all have their own unique cultural and historical background behind them.
The similar character "Yu" has a much richer meaning. In the beginning, the meaning of the word "yu" was fullness, describing a person who was well fed and full of happiness.
But later, its meaning gradually expanded, and it can mean something surplus or leftover, such as what we often call "surplus power", "surplus wealth", etc. It's like when you finish a big meal and have some food left, that's the "leftovers"!
Not only that, but the word "yu" can also be used to refer to things that remain or are left behind, such as "yu" and "yuqing". It can also describe secondary things, such as "afterthoughts" and "afterglow". Sometimes, the word "yu" is also used to express endless and infinite meanings, such as "aftermare" and "aftersound".
Have you ever had the experience of listening to a beautiful song, the melody seems to still echo in your ears, this is the feeling of "lingering sounds".
What's more interesting is that in some contexts, "yu" can also mean something else or the rest. For example, when we say "Yuzi", we mean other children; When we say "remnant," we mean something else.
In addition, the word "yu" can also represent an indefinite zero number after an integer, such as "more than a thousand catties" and "more than fifty years old". This is like what we often say "in their fifties", and the word "more" can be represented by "yu".
In ancient Chinese, there is also a special use of the character "yu", that is, as a first-person pronoun, which is equivalent to "me" or "my" in modern Chinese. You can imagine that the ancients used "Yu" to refer to themselves, did they have a sense of elegance and humility?