妤

beautiful, fair, handsome

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Readings

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妤 centers on physical attractiveness, describing someone who is beautiful, fair, or handsome.

妤 combines 女 (woman) with 予, which likely contributes the sound. The character is used to express feminine beauty.

A woman 女 beside 予: imagine a woman whose appearance is so striking that it is given 予 (beforehand) attention—she is beautiful.

For ヨ, picture a beautiful woman saying 'yo!' as a greeting: yo -> ヨ, and her beauty makes the greeting memorable.