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予

予

予 U+4E88, 予
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E88
← 亇
[U+4E87] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 争 →
[U+4E89]
See also: 豫 and 矛

Translingual

Han character

予 (radical 6 亅+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓戈弓弓 (NINN), four-corner 17202, composition ⿱龴𠄐)

  1. I, me
  2. to give
  3. beforehand

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 85, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 231
  • Dae Jaweon: page 174, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 52, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+4E88

Chinese

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-la.

Pronunciation 1

simp. and trad.
 予
Rime
Character 予
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 余吕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /iɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /jɨə̆X/
Li
Rong		 /iɔX/
Wang
Li		 /jĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yǔ
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 予
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yǔ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ yoX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*laʔ/
English give; together with

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 予
Reading # 2/2
No. 15739
Phonetic
component		 予
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese		 /*laʔ/
Definitions

予

  1. (= 與) to give
  2. to praise; to esteem

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.
 予
alt. forms 互
乎
與／与
度 Quanzhou
Definitions

予 (Hokkien)

  1. to give
    伊予我五箍。 [Min Nan]  ―  I hō͘ góa gō͘ kho͘. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  He gave me five dollars.
  2. to allow
    予伊去！ [Min Nan]  ―  Hō͘ i khì! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  Let it go!
  3. by (used in constructing the passive)
    伊予人拍。 [Min Nan]  ―  I hō͘ lâng phah. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  He was beaten up (by someone).
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 給 (“to give”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 予
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 給
Mandarin Beijing 給
Taiwan 給
Tianjin 給
Jinan 給
Xi'an 給
Wuhan 把、把得、給
Chengdu 給
Yangzhou 把、給
Hefei 給
Cantonese Guangzhou 畀
Hong Kong 畀
Taishan 予
Yangjiang 畀
Gan Nanchang 把
Hakka Meixian 分
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 分
Liudui (S. Sixian) 分
Hsinchu (Hailu) 分
Dongshi (Dabu) 分
Zhuolan (Raoping) 分
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 得
Jin Taiyuan 給
Min Bei Jian'ou 吶
Min Dong Fuzhou 乞
Min Nan Quanzhou 予
Xiamen 予
Zhangzhou 予
Taipei 予
Kaohsiung 予
Tainan 予
Taichung 予
Yilan 予
Lukang 予
Sanxia 予
Kinmen 予
Magong 予
Hsinchu 予
Chaozhou 分
Wu Shanghai 撥
Suzhou 撥
Wenzhou 匄
Xiang Changsha 把

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 予

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 予
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 以諸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /iɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /jɨə̆/
Li
Rong		 /iɔ/
Wang
Li		 /jĭo/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yú
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 予
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yú
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ yo ›
Old
Chinese		 /*laʔ/
English I, we

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 予
Reading # 1/2
No. 15738
Phonetic
component		 予
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 余
Old
Chinese		 /*la/
Definitions

予

  1. †Alternative form of 余 (yú, “I, me”).
  2. A surname​.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 予 – see 豫.
(This character, 予, is a variant form of 豫.)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jo]

Pronoun

予 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 豫, hiragana よ, romaji yo)

  1. first-person personal pronoun; I, me

Etymology 2

Kanji

予

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 豫)

  1. beforehand, in advance
Readings
Compounds

References

Korean

Hanja

予 • ‎(yeo) (hangeul 여, revised yeo, McCune-Reischauer yŏ)

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Vietnamese

Han character

予 (nhừ, dư)

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