与

Translingual

shinjitai	与
simplified	与
traditional	與

Han character

与 (radical 1 一+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸一 (YSM), four-corner 2140₇)

1. and
2. with
3. to
4. for
5. give, grant

Usage notes

A traditional variant of 與, 与 is not used in modern (standardized) traditional Chinese.

Derived characters

• 與 写

Descendants

• よ

References

• KangXi: page 77, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20
• Dae Jaweon: page 154, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 5, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4E0E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

与 (traditional 與, jyutping jyu5, Yale yu4, yu5 yu6)

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Japanese

Kanji

与 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. bestow, impart, award, grant, give

Readings

• On: よ (yo)
• Kun: あたう (与う, atau), あたゆ (与ゆ, atayu), あたえる (与える, ataeru), あずかる (与る, 与かる, azukaru), くみす (与す, kumisu), くみする (与する, kumisuru), ともに (tomoni)
• Nanori: とも (tomo), ゆ (yu)

Compounds

Compounds

与格 (よかく, yokaku): the dative case 与件: 与太: 与太郎: 与奪: 生殺与奪: 与力: 関与: 給与: 供与: 授与: 賞与: 贈与: 天与: 付与:

Etymology

Compound of ともに (tomo, “with; both”) +‎ とも (ni, “adverbial particle”) +‎ に.

Use of the single kanji 与 to spell this phrase is very rare and archaic, and is an example of jukujikun.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: /to.mo.ni/, [to̞mo̞ni]

Alternative forms

• ともに, 共に, 倶に

The more common spellings are ともに and 共に.

Adverb

与 (hiragana ともに, romaji tomo ni)

1. 共に: together, with, both

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Korean

Hanja

与 (hangeul 여, revised yeo, McCune-Reischauer yŏ)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

与 (traditional 與, pinyin yú (yu2), yǔ (yu3), yù (yu4), Wade-Giles yü², yü³, yü⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

与 (dữ, dự, đử)

References

• Nom Foundation