There are two versions for the original meaning of 尤: 1. a growing plant 2. hand. 尤 serves as a phonetic component to form characters.
Characters formed by the phonetic component 尤
犹 疣 鱿 沋 莸 肬 with the same pronunciation yóu
优 忧 with the same pronunciation yōu
蚘 扰 就 huí rǎo jiù