有

yǒu · HSK 1

to have

🤲 有 = hand 又 holding meat 月 — to have/possess

The top 𠂇 is a hand and the bottom 月 here is the meat radical (肉). Holding meat in your hand = you have something. Same 月-as-meat shows up in 肝, 胃, 脑.

有 — hand 𠂇 + moon/meat 月
Originally depicted a hand holding a piece of meat (月 here is the 'meat' radical, not moon), expressing the idea of possessing something. Over time the meaning broadened from 'to hold/possess' to the general sense of 'to have' or 'there is/exists'.

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