于 · yú
in, on, at; go to; surname
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
in, on, at; go to; surname
- Mandarin
- yú
- Cantonese
- jyu1
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 于 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
Kun’yomi · hiragana
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.
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Source record & scope
Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property
ウ キョ コ ク ああ おいて ここに に より いわく をKorean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 우
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
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.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+4E8E
- Radical
- 二 · 7
- Strokes
- 3 · Unihan
- Residual
- 1
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
3 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
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 于
Character connections
Follow this component
Sentence context · 1 matches
关于这件事......我真的不知道。
Source, contributors & licenses
Mandarin: Tatoeba #400605 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · Text editors: GlossaMatik · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log · Current owner: GlossaMatik
English: Tatoeba #400602 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · Text editors: blay_paul · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log
Source text unchanged. Original contributor and text editors are credited from the source log, separately from the current owner.
History & distinctions
Related forms
於
Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- hju · 羽俱 反切 · #253
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 2155 · hju = 遇合三平虞云
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
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- yú
- kCantonese
- jyu1
- kDefinition
- in, on, at; go to; surname
- kTotalStrokes
- 3
- kRSUnicode
- 7.1
- kTraditionalVariant
- U+4E8E U+65BC
- kSimplifiedVariant
- U+4E8E
- kTGH
- 2013:24
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- yú,wéi,yū,xū 10004.050
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- yú 1406.080
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- yú 445.170
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- yú(3483)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- yú粵jyu1