愈 is also the simplified spelling of 癒.

愈

Mandarin · pinyin yù

Meanings

  1. the more...(the more...)
  2. to recover
  3. to heal
  4. better
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愈
yù · more and more, even more
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4 · yu4

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 3 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jyu6

Cantonese word readings for 愈. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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jyu6

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character

  1. more and more; even more
  2. (formal) to excel; to surpass; to outdo
  3. a surname, Yu

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