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寓

(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling; (bound form) to imply; to place; to contain (sth abstract)

12 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,716 U+5BD3

How 寓 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

宀 (semantic, “roof”) + 禺 (phonetic, yú)

components: 宀 禺

How to remember it

residence · Heisig RSH #2876

house + Talking Cricket

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 禺

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 禺 (yú) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
禺 sound component yú district; mountain in Zhejiang
偶 ǒu accidentally, coincidently; mate, image, idol
遇 yù to meet, to encounter, to come across
愚 yú stupid, foolish
耦 ǒu to plow side-by-side; pair, couple; a team of two
隅 yú corner, cranny, niche
喁 yóng to breathe like a fish; to gasp for breath

Words containing 寓

WordPinyinMeaning
寓管理于服务之中 yù guǎn lǐ yú fú wù zhī zhōng to make administration service-oriented
寓意深长 yù yì shēn cháng to have profound import (idiom); to be deeply significant
寓教于乐 yù jiào yú lè to make learning fun; to combine education and entertainment
公寓大楼 gōng yù dà lóu apartment building
寓意深远 yù yì shēn yuǎn the implied message is deep (idiom); having deep implications
步登公寓 bù dēng gōng yù (Tw) walk-up apartment (postwar building style with stair access and no elevator)
伊索寓言 Yī suǒ Yù yán Aesop's Fables, a collection of fables attributed to Aesop
公寓楼 gōng yù lóu apartment building; CL:座[zuo4]
公寓 gōng yù apartment building; block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (C…
寓意 yù yì moral (of a story); lesson to be learned; implication; message; import; metaphorical meani…
寓言 yù yán fable; allegory; parable; CL:則|则[ze2]
寓目 yù mù (literary) to look over; to view
寓所 yù suǒ dwelling
寓居 yù jū to make one's home in; to reside in; to inhabit