How to write 侑

侑 [yòu] [Verb] 1. 相助。 [En.] To assist. 2. 在筵席旁助兴，劝人吃喝。 [En.] To liven up the feast, to urge people to eat and drink. 例如: 侑食 (urge to eat, serve food to elders); 侑酒 (urge to drink; entertain drinkers). 3. 报答。 [En.] To repay. 例如: 侑缄 (accompanying reply); 侑柬 (repayment with gifts); 侑酬 (reply). 4. 通“宥”，宽赦。 [En.] To forgive; to grant amnesty. 【本义】: 劝食 [En.] The original meaning: urging to eat. 【造字法】: 形声。从人，有声。 [En.] Formation: a phono-semantic compound; consists of the element for person and the idea of sound. 引: 1. 《诗·小雅·楚茨》：以为酒食，以享以祀，以妥以侑，以介景福。 [En.] "Provide food and wine, for enjoyment and worship, ensuring hospitality and promoting blessings." 例: 侑劝 (urge people to eat and drink); 侑食 (serve food); 侑酒 (provide entertainment for drinkers). 配享; 从祀。 [En.] To accompany and enjoy. 引: 1. 《帝京景物略》：少师佐成祖，为靖难首勋，侑享太庙。 [En.] "The Grand Teacher assisted the founding emperor as a chief contributor to peace, accompanying the worship at the ancestral temple." 例: 侑祠 (to accompany sacrifices at ancestral shrines); 侑饷 (to share offerings); 侑坐 (to share in honor at a gathering). 助，佐助。 [En.] To help; to liven things up. 例: 侑酒之欢 (the joy of accompanying toasting); 侑宴 (to entertain at a feast); 侑宾 (in ancient feasts, hosts would show hospitality by presenting gifts to guests to enhance the enjoyment).