与 - Dong Chinese dictionary

yǔ, yú, yù

and

Simplified form of 與. Phonosemantic compound. 舁 represents the meaning and 牙 represents the sound. The traditional component 舁 was removed for simplification.

Components

舁 Deleted component

yú

to lift

The traditional component 舁 was removed for simplification.

牙 Sound component

yá

tooth

与 and 牙 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.与 /*m-q(r)aʔ/
牙 /*m-ɢˤ<r>a/

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 牙 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

与 (與)

yǔ

and; with; to; for; give, grant; to give; together with

与 (與)

yú

variant of 歟|欤[yú]

与 (與)

yù

to take part in

Most common words with 与

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	与	and
	参与	to participate (in sth)
	与众不同	to stand out from the masses (idiom)
	与此同时	at the same time
	与否	whether or not (at the end of a phrase)