TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
尤
尤 ＝ 又 ＋ 尤
ㄧㄡˊ · yóu
adv/noun — especially, particularly; a fault, blame
字源 FORM — what the parts do
尤形the hand with a mark across it — rendered bare
A hand (又) with a stroke laid across it, singling one out. 又 yòu carries the sound, kept close at yóu. The crossbar marks the one that stands apart from the rest — hence especially, and the fault that gets singled out for blame: 尤其、怨尤.
意 · Meanings
(引申)尤其— especially, particularly常用
→尤佳、尤甚— all the better; all the worse
⇒怨尤、效尤— blame; to copy a fault
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension