Zi:尤

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[yóu] 尤​ especially; (​) distinctive/prominent/outstanding (尤​ ‘rare thing/beauty’); blame/fault (​尤 ‘bad example’, ​尤​ ‘blame others’); (​); (HDZ:) …

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

⁵yóu {E} adv. especially; particularlyb.f.fault; wrongdoing ►xiàoyóu 效尤blame; indict ►yuàntiānyóurén 怨天尤人n. Surname

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 尤(​􂤲) yóu ‘distinctive/prominent/outstanding’ (尤​) combines ​(​􂤮) yǐ (as in ​), and ​(​􀠋) yòu ‘(strong right) hand’ (phonosemantic).
    Compare: ​(​􂆼𢩥) shī ‘lose; abandon; throw away’, in which ​(​􂤮) yǐ something falling from the hand.
    Compare: ​(​􂥳𨑃􂥴𠨷) chén ‘fall/crash from a cliff’ (​), in which ​(​􂤮) yǐ ‘sprout’ (bounce).
    “[尤] Fault, evil; transgress; still more, furthermore; extraordinary; (find fault:) grudge ― a deformed ​ man? Cf. ​ wāng” —Karlgren(AD).
    Older graphs associated with 尤 are said to be old wr. of ​(​􀭶􀭷𪐤) yóu ‘wart/growth’ (on the hand), cf. ​(​􁡈􁡇𩑣).
    Note: 尤​ yóuqí ‘especially’ is the main modern usage; cf. 尤​, ‘especially’, 尤​ ‘especially’, 尤​ ‘especially not’.
    Compare: ​/​(​􁗧) yōu ‘excellent’; ​(​􂂀) lóng ‘dragon’.
    Compare: ​(​􂍻) wú ‘without’, ​(​􁰫𡯁) wāng ‘lame’.
    HDZ: 尤 : yóu : ​, ​; ​, ​ (cf. ​); ​, ​; ​; ​, ​ (cf. ​𣧗); (​) 尤​ (​), ​; ​/​: ​, ​; (​)
    HDC: 尤​ : (​) ​, ​、​; ​
►references: Guǎngyùn:202.24; Karlgren:AD252,GSR996a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.551.14; Mathews:7511; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:298.03; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:006.1.02; EDOC:1
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►Cantonese: yauh\
Shuōwén: ​􂤲(尤)
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