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於

於

See also: 于

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

於 (radical 70 方+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸人卜 (YSOY), four-corner 08233, composition ⿰方仒)

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: page 481, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13628
  • Dae Jaweon: page 843, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2175, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+65BC

Chinese

Etymology 1

trad. 於/于
simp. 于
alt. forms 扵

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 於
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 央居切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔiɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔɨə̆/
Li
Rong		 /ʔiɔ/
Wang
Li		 /ĭo/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔi̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yū
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 於
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yú
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔjo ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ʔ]a/
English at (locative preposition)

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 於
Reading # 2/2
No. 15812
Phonetic
component		 於
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 於
Old
Chinese		 /*qa/

Preposition

於

  1. in, at, on
    生於1980年 / 生于1980年  ―  shēng yú 1980 nián  ―  born in 1980
  2. than
Derived terms
See also
Usage notes
  • Not to be confused with other uses of 于 (yú).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 於
alt. forms 扵

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 於
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 哀都切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔuo/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔuo/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔo/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔɔ/
Li
Rong		 /ʔo/
Wang
Li		 /u/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wū
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 於
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 wū
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔu ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ʔ]ˤa/
English oh!

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 於
Reading # 1/2
No. 15810
Phonetic
component		 於
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 烏
Old
Chinese		 /*qaː/

Noun

於

  1. (= 烏／乌 (wū)) crow; raven

Interjection

於

  1. (= 烏／乌 (wū)) alas!; oh!

Etymology 3

Cognate with 阿 (ā).

Pronunciation

Prefix

於

  1. Only used in 於菟／於檡／於兔／於䖘 (wūtú, “tiger”).

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 於
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 央居切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔiɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔɨə̆/
Li
Rong		 /ʔiɔ/
Wang
Li		 /ĭo/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔi̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yū
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 於
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yú
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔjo ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ʔ]a/
English at (locative preposition)

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 於
Reading # 2/2
No. 15812
Phonetic
component		 於
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 於
Old
Chinese		 /*qa/

Proper noun

於

  1. A surname​.

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 於
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 央居切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔiɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔɨə̆/
Li
Rong		 /ʔiɔ/
Wang
Li		 /ĭo/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔi̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yū
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 於
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yú
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔjo ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ʔ]a/
English at (locative preposition)

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 於
Reading # 2/2
No. 15812
Phonetic
component		 於
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 於
Old
Chinese		 /*qa/

Proper noun

於

  1. Only used in 於陵
  2. Only used in 於潛／於潜 (Yúqián).

References

Japanese

Kanji

於

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

於 • ‎(eo, o)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 어, 오 (revised: eo, o, McCune-Reischauer: ŏ, o, Yale: e, o)
  • Name (hangeul): 어조사 어, 감탄사 오()
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Vietnamese

Han character

於 (ư, ơ, ở, ưa, ô, ờ, ớ, thờ, ứ)

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