於

於 · yú / yū

in, at, on; interjection alas!

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
yú · yū
Cantonese
jyu1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

in, at, on; interjection alas!

Dictionary definitions & readings

於 yú · (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by

於 Yū · surname Yu; Taiwan pr. Yú

於 wū · (literary) Oh!; Ah!

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
32175.020:wū,yú Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1210.080:wū 1406.030:yū 1406.081:yú Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
445.140:yū 446.080:yú Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
yú粵jyu1 yū粵jyu1 wū粵wu1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
オ ウ ヨ おいて おける ああ に より Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
어:0E Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
ư Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
央居 哀都 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
YSOY Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
0823.3 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0481.110 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
069.36 085.17 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0061e Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+65BC
Radical
方 · 70
Strokes
8
Residual strokes
4
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6716

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

8 strokes
於
Strokes
8
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

8 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.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

于

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
'jo · 央居 · 遇開三平魚影 · #239
Middle Chinese
'u · 哀都 · 遇開一平模影 · #290

PHONO-ML, source line 2036; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
622.203
kCowles
4868.5
kDaeJaweon
0843.070
kFennIndex
643.05
kGSR
0061e
kHanYu
32175.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
0843.070
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
32175.020
kIRGKangXi
0481.110
kKangXi
0481.110
kLau
3517
kMatthews
7643
kMeyerWempe
3617
kMorohashi
13628
kNelson
2083
kSBGY
069.36 085.17
kSMSZD2003Index
285.02
kCangjie
YSOY
kFenn
263B
kFourCornerCode
0823.3
kGradeLevel
3
kHKGlyph
1745
kMojiJoho
MJ013102
kPhonetic
1601
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-6C36
kIRG_HSource
HB1-A9F3
kIRG_JSource
J0-3177
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F8AB
kIRG_KSource
K0-655A
kIRG_TSource
T1-4D75
kIRG_VSource
V1-583E
kRSUnicode
70.4
kTotalStrokes
8
kBigFive
A9F3
kCCCII
393052
kCNS1986
1-4D75
kCNS1992
1-4D75
kEACC
393052
kGB0
7622
kGB1
7622
kJinmeiyoKanji
2010
kJis0
1787
kKoreanEducationHanja
2007
kMainlandTelegraph
2456
kTGH
2013:6716
kTaiwanTelegraph
2456
kXerox
241:162
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+1305+70.4.4 V+13660+70.4.4
kCantonese
jyu1
kDefinition
in, at, on; interjection alas!
kFanqie
央居 哀都
kHangul
어:0E
kHanyuPinyin
32175.020:wū,yú
kJapanese
オ ウ ヨ おいて おける ああ に より
kJapaneseKun
AU YORI OITE
kJapaneseOn
O YO
kKorean
E O
kMandarin
yú
kSMSZD2003Readings
yú粵jyu1 yū粵jyu1 wū粵wu1
kTGHZ2013
445.140:yū 446.080:yú
kVietnamese
ư
kXHC1983
1210.080:wū 1406.030:yū 1406.081:yú
kSemanticVariant
U+4E8E<kLau U+4E8F<kMatthews U+6275<kLau,kMatthews
kSimplifiedVariant
U+4E8E

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Structure & connections

0.10
181dictionary records using 於3forms using this shape2attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
方 beside 仒 · the shape used in China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam
Source notation ^⿰方仒$(GTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰方仒$(GTJKPV)

^⿰方⿱𠂉⺀$(H)

^⿸𭤨⺀$(X)

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