予

See also: 豫 and 矛

Translingual

Han character

予 (radical 6 亅+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓戈弓弓 (NINN), four-corner 1720₂, composition ⿱龴𠄐)

1. I, me
2. to give
3. beforehand

Derived characters

• 序 豫 野 預

References

• KangXi: page 85, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 231
• Dae Jaweon: page 174, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 52, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4E88

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Chinese

		-
simp. and trad.		予

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú, yǔ (yu², yu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ, ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴, jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Wade-Giles: yü²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ
    • Wade-Giles: yü³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeu
    • IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴, jyu⁵
    • Yale: yùh, yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴, jy⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/, /jyː¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (予, reconstructed)
Character (予), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 魚 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 以諸切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jɨʌ/	/i̯wo/	/iɔ/	/jiɔ/	/jɨə̆/	/jĭo/	/iɔ/
Character (予), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 魚 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 余吕切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jɨʌX/	/i̯woX/	/iɔX/	/jiɔX/	/jɨə̆X/	/jĭoX/	/iɔX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (予, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
予								yú								‹ yo ›								/*laʔ/								I, we
予								yǔ								‹ yoX ›								/*laʔ/								give; together with
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
予					15738					予					魚					0					余					/*la/
予					15739					予					魚					0										/*laʔ/

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• 余

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo]

Pronoun

予 (hiragana よ, romaji yo)

1. first-person personal pronoun; I, me
   • 1802-1814: Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige (volume 1)

     予此街道に毫をはせて膝栗毛の書を著す。

Etymology 2

Kanji

予

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. beforehand, in advance

Readings

• On: よ (yo), しゃ (sha)
• Kun: あたえる (ataeru), あらかじめ (arakajime)

Compounds

• 予報
• 予約 (よやく, yoyaku, “reservation, appointment”)
• 予定: schedule
• 予感

References

• 1958 May 2, Isoji Asō, Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 62: Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0006-0062-1:

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

予 (nhừ, dư)

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References

• Nom Foundation