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予
yú
1. (archaic) I
2. me
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

予
yǔ
to give; to award
HSK 6 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

不予
bùyú
to withhold
予以
yǔyǐ
to give
准予
zhǔnyǔ
to grant
宰予
ZǎiYǔ
Zai Yu (522-458 BC), disciple of Confucius
寄予
jìyú
to place (hope, importance etc) on
授予
shòuyǔ
to award
HSK 6
施予
shīyǔ
variant of [[施與|施与<shīyǔ>]]
给予
jǐyǔ
to accord
HSK 6
赐予
cìyǔ
to grant
赋予
fùyǔ
to assign
HSK 6
赠予
zèngyǔ
to give a present
酌予
zhuóyǔ
to give as one sees fit
不予理会
bùyǔlǐhuì
to ignore
不予评论
bùyǔpínglùn
No comment!
予人口实
yǔrénkǒushí
to give cause for gossip
予以照顾
yǔyǐzhàogù
to ask somebody to carefully consider a request (idiom)
宰予昼寝
ZǎiYǔzhòuqǐn
Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures
寄予厚望
jìyǔhòuwàng
to place high hopes
欲取姑予
yùqǔgūyǔ
variant of [[欲取姑與|欲取姑与<yùqǔgūyǔ>]]
欧阳予倩
ŌuyángYúqiàn
Ouyang Yuqian (1889-1962), Chinese actor

Alternate Entries

予
yǔ
to give

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
924
Word Frequency Rank
2,476 of 84,292