予 (yú)

To give; to grant (formal).

How 予 is written

Strokes
4
Radical
龴 — N/A
Traditional
予
Simplified
予 (unchanged)

Components

  • 龴 N/A
  • ㇖ N/A
  • 亅 hook

予 has 2 readings

The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.

yú
(archaic) I; me
yǔ
to give

Common words using 予

授予 shòuyǔ
to award; to confer
給予 jǐyǔ
to accord; to give; to show (respect)
賜予 cìyǔ
to grant; to bestow
予以 yǔyǐ
to give; to impose; to apply
賦予 fùyǔ
to assign; to entrust (a task); to give
不予 bùyú
to withhold; to refuse
准予 zhǔnyǔ
to grant; to approve; to permit
寄予 jìyú
to place (hope, importance etc) on; to express; to show
贈予 zèngyǔ
to give a present; to accord (a favor); to grant

予 in a sentence

謝謝你給予我的幫助。

Xièxiè nǐ gěiyǔ wǒ de bāngzhù.

“Thank you for the help you gave me.”

How common is 予?

予 is the 923rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 87.8% of all running text.

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