与

与 · yǔ

and; with; to; for; give, grant

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

and; with; to; for; give, grant

Mandarin
yǔ
Cantonese
jyu5

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 与 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.

On’yomi · katakana

ヨ

Kun’yomi · hiragana

あたえるあずかるかくみくみするためにとともにより

Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property

ヨ あたえる あずかる か くみ くみする ために と ともに より

Korean 한국어

Not recorded for this exact character in this dataset. This does not mean the language has no reading.

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Character readings · Quốc ngữ

dữ

Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kVietnamese ↗ · provisional property

dữ

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+4E0E
Radical
一 · 1
Strokes
3 · Unihan
Residual
3

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

3 strokes
与
Strokes
3
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

3 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿹{22}一(GHTKV)
⿻{22}一(J)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 与

Character connections

4 catalogue records include this shape in their first retained IDS. Graphical containment does not imply shared etymology.

Sentence context · 1 matches

我的家与他的隔着一条江。

My home is separated from his by a river.
Source, contributors & licenses

Mandarin: Tatoeba #876544 · Original contributor: eastasiastudent · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log · Current owner: GlossaMatik
English: Tatoeba #876548 · Original contributor: eastasiastudent · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log · Current owner: CM

Source text unchanged. Original contributor and text editors are credited from the source log, separately from the current owner.

Sentence entry · words & provenance ↗
Written-form matches; sense and pronunciation are not automatically aligned. Corpus & selection ↗

History & distinctions

Related forms

與

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
yoX · 余吕 反切 · #1327

Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.

Source row & reading categories

CSV line 9530 · yoX = 遇開三上魚以

Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
yǔ
kCantonese
jyu5
kDefinition
and; with; to; for; give, grant
kTotalStrokes
3
kRSUnicode
1.3
kTraditionalVariant
U+8207
kTGH
2013:34

Readings across dictionaries

Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
yú 1407.050 · yǔ 1413.010 · yù 1415.110
Tongyong Guifan · 2013
yǔ 447.120 · yù 448.100
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

Explore 1 example using 与 ↗

Exact source-spelling matches. Open the reader for dictionary lookups, construction notes and related examples. Occurrence does not establish a particular dictionary sense.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
69dictionary records using 与4forms using this shape0attributed sound links

A complete parsed description is unavailable for this endpoint. It is not assumed to be an indivisible unit.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿹{22}一$(GHTKV) · preserved, not fully parsed

^⿻{22}一$(J) · preserved, not fully parsed

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.