预
to advance; in advance; beforehand; to prepare
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #948 U+9884
How 预 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
页 (semantic, “page”) + 予 (phonetic, yǔ)
How to remember it
beforehand · Heisig RSH #1007
ceremonial spear + head
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 予
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 予 (yǔ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 予 sound component | yǔ | to give; to award |
| 野 | yě | field, open country; wilderness |
| 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 预
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大学预科 | dà xué yù kē | university preparatory course |
| 天气预报 | tiān qì yù bào | weather forecast |
| 预言家 | yù yán jiā | prophet |
| 预定义 | yù dìng yì | predefined |
| 预应力 | yù yìng lì | prestressed |
| 预期推理 | yù qī tuī lǐ | predictive inference |
| 预处理 | yù chǔ lǐ | to preprocess |
| 预提费用 | yù tí fèi yòng | (accounting) accrued expense |
| 预防性 | yù fáng xìng | prophylactic; preventative; protective |
| 预制菜 | yù zhì cài | ready-made meal |
| 预防法 | yù fáng fǎ | prophylaxis; medical prevention |
| 年度预算 | nián dù yù suàn | annual budget |
| 预印本 | yù yìn běn | a preprint |
| 预产期 | yù chǎn qī | expected date of childbirth; estimated due date (EDD) |
| 预会 | yù huì | variant of 與會|与会[yu4 hui4] |
| 国防预算 | guó fáng yù suàn | defense budget |
| 罗预 | luó yù | (old) very short unit of time (loanword, from Sanskrit) |
| 预定 | yù dìng | to arrange in advance |
| 预后 | yù hòu | prognosis |
| 预防接种 | yù fáng jiē zhòng | prophylactic inoculation |