wooden figures buried with the dead
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俑 is a 9 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as yǒng in the third tone.
It is made up of the components 亻 (person) and 甬 (path/river).
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 俑
Definitions for 俑 pronounced as yǒng
- wooden figures buried with the dead
Vocabulary
The most common words for 俑 — see all
- figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead
- Terracotta Army (historic site)
- lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
- fig. the originator of an evil practice
- a pottery figurine buried with the dead