yu
/juː/noun, pronoun
yu is spelled Y-U: 2 letters and one syllable. It appears 8.3 times per million words in written English, the 8,036th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, yu means “An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of yu is yus.
How many letters and syllables are in yu?
| Letters | 2: Y-U |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.3 times per million words; the 8,036th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is yu?
Yu appears 8.3 times per million words in written English, the 8,036th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce yu?
- /juː/
Yu has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with yu
Sounds like: ewe, yew (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of yu
- yus plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yu mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
- 2
archaicJade, nephrite or jadeite.
- 3
The letter Ю, ю.
pronoun
- 1
Eye dialect spelling of you.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does yu come from?
Borrowed from Chinese 玉.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).