愈 yù to recover
to recover; to heal; more and more
How to remember 愈: 俞 dugout boat + 心 heart = to recover. After his surgery, grandpa carves a small dugout boat each day on the porch, and his heart slowly begins to recover.
Component breakdown
愈 = 俞 dugout boat + 心 heart
- 俞 dugout boat
- 心 heart
After his surgery, grandpa carves a small dugout boat each day on the porch, and his heart slowly begins to recover.
How it is used
- Two jobs: to heal - 痊愈 (quányù) to fully recover, 治愈 (zhìyù) to cure; and 'the more...the more' - 愈来愈 (yù lái yù) increasingly, 愈演愈烈 (yùyǎn-yùliè) to get ever worse.
- 愈...愈... is the more literary equivalent of 越...越...
- 伤口愈合 (shāngkǒu yúhé) = the wound heals up.