予
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(literary) to give
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,357 U+4E88
How 予 is formed
How to remember it
bestow · Heisig RSH #1005
矛 spear — as a component also called: ceremonial spear
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 予 as their sound component
These characters all use 予 (yǔ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 予 sound component | yǔ | to give; to award |
| 野 | yě | field, open country; wilderness |
| 预 | yù | to prepare, to arrange; in advance |
| 序 | xù | order, sequence, series; preface |
| 舒 | shū | relaxed, comfortable; to unfold, to stretch out |
| 豫 | yù | relaxed; hesitant |
| 妤 | yú | beautiful, handsome, fair |
| 杼 | zhù | scrub oak; long, narrow, thin; sewing shuttle |
Words containing 予
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不予理会 | bù yǔ lǐ huì | to ignore; to brush off; to dismiss; to pay no attention to |
| 予人口实 | yǔ rén kǒu shí | to give cause for gossip |
| 不予评论 | bù yǔ píng lùn | No comment! |
| 不予置评 | bù yǔ zhì píng | to make no comment; "no comment" |
| 生杀予夺 | shēng shā yǔ duó | (lit.) to spare or to kill, to give or take away (idiom); (fig.) control over the fate of … |
| 不予 | bù yǔ | (formal) not to (do sth) |
| 予以 | yǔ yǐ | to give; to impose; to apply |
| 欲取姑予 | yù qǔ gū yǔ | variant of 欲取姑與|欲取姑与[yu4 qu3 gu1 yu3] |
| 寄予厚望 | jì yǔ hòu wàng | to place high hopes |
| 准予 | zhǔn yǔ | to grant; to approve; to permit |
| 施予 | shī yǔ | variant of 施與|施与[shi1 yu3] |
| 欧阳予倩 | Ōu yáng Yú qiàn | Ouyang Yuqian (1889-1962), Chinese actor |
| 给予 | jǐ yǔ | (literary) to give; to accord; to render |
| 寄予 | jì yǔ | to place (hope, importance etc) on; to express; to show; to give |
| 授予 | shòu yǔ | to award; to confer |
| 酌予 | zhuó yǔ | to give as one sees fit |
| 赠予 | zèng yǔ | to give a present; to accord (a favor); to grant |
| 赐予 | cì yǔ | to grant; to bestow |
| 宰予 | Zǎi Yú | Zai Yu (522-458 BC), disciple of Confucius |
| 赋予 | fù yǔ | to assign; to entrust (a task); to give; to bestow |