Yu (pinyin: Yu) is a common Chinese character. Yu and its traditional Chinese characters are "Yu (Traditional)". "Yu" first appeared in Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty, and the image of ancient glyph held a policy in Tao, meaning control. In ancient books, metaphor refers to driving a horse. By extension, it refers to the person who controls the horses and chariots. Empire also means controlling everything.
In addition, from the original meaning, there is also the meaning of governance and rule. Because the emperor is inseparable from the leadership of the horse, the meaning is extended to the affairs related to the emperor. Imperial is also one of the six ancient arts, which refers to the technology of driving.
The word "Imperial (Traditional)" first appeared in Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty. Its original meaning refers to sacrifice to avoid disaster, and it also means defense and resistance. "Yu" and "Yu (traditional)" are common in ancient books, and "Yu (traditional)" was later simplified to "Yu".
The word "Yu" has two meanings: one is related to driving a horse, and the other is related to resistance. Actually, it comes from two different words. The simplified word "Yu" is a cognitive word. Oracle Bone Inscriptions is the "emperor". Some people think that components A and B are like horses, the right part (component C) is like a human figure, and component D is like a road. Together, it means that people drive the carriage with whips on the road.
Or think that the component B is the initial word of "noon", the sound symbol, the component C is like a person kneeling to meet, and the component D is the road, meeting in the road. There is no clear theory about the disposition of imperial figures. Group A, Figure 4, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the lower part of the bronze inscription is added or stopped, and component B gradually changes into the shape of component E.