# yue

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #38,253

## Definitions
1. An ancient Chinese unit of volume, notionally equivalent to the space occupied by 1200 millet seeds.

## Etymology
The atonal pinyin romanization of the standard Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 龠 (yuè).

## Easily confused with
- **yup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yue-vs-yup)
- **yum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yue-vs-yum)
- **Yun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yue-vs-yun)
- **Yui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yue-vs-yui)
- **yuk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yue-vs-yuk)
- **yuh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yue-vs-yuh)
- **Yuri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yue-vs-yuri)
- **Yves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yue-vs-yves)
- **Yuki** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yue-vs-yuki)
- **Yuen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yue-vs-yuen)
- **Yule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yue-vs-yule)
- **Yuna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yue-vs-yuna)
- **yumi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yue-vs-yumi)
- **y** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/y-vs-yue)
- **ya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ya-vs-yue)
- **yo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yo-vs-yue)
- **ye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ye-vs-yue)
- **yu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yu-vs-yue)
- **yr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yr-vs-yue)
- **Yi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yi-vs-yue)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/yue