Chinese Character Wiki

宇

yǔ

house

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 于 represents the sound.

Components
宀 meaning component

宀  Meaning component

mián

  

roof

于 sound component

于  Sound component

yú

  

at

Evolution

宇 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
宇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
宇 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
宇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

宇  

yǔ

house; building, structure; eaves; room; universe

Most common words with 宇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

宇宙

universe

宇

room

宇航员

astronaut

李宇春

Li Yuchun aka Chris Lee (1984-), Chinese pop singer

宇航局

space agency

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ

hjuX

yǔ

eaves


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 10.2034% of movies

1501st most common character in movies

1156th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+5B87

Shuowen

“宇，屋邊也。从宀，于聲。《易》曰：‘上棟下宇’。，籀文宇从禹。”


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