宇

yǔ

Meanings

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yǔ

1.room
2.universe

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Wiktionary

1.eaves
2.house, chamber, bower; building, structure
3.border, frontier, boundary, nature
4.universe, cosmos

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɢʷaʔ): semantic 宀 (“house”) + phonetic 于 (OC *ɢʷa) ;"eaves" > "abode, estate, territory" ;"space" ;universe

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Stroke order

Components

宇宀于

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Related words

宇宙 universe; cosmos; space 屋宇 (literary) house 大宇 Daewoo (Korean conglomerate)气宇 bearing; deportment 靖宇 see 靖宇县[Jìng yǔ Xiàn]杜宇 cuckoo 庙宇 temple 宇航 space flight 殿宇 (literary) halls (of a palace or a temple)宇文 a branch of the Xianbei 鲜卑[Xiān bēi] nomadic people 器宇 (literary) variant of 气宇[qì yǔ]寰宇 the whole earth