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)

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

予 (Yale yu4, yu5)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• 余

Pronunciation

• IPA: [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 18, 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 (hangeul 여, revised yeo, McCune-Reischauer yŏ)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

予 (pinyin yú (yu2), yǔ (yu3), Wade-Giles yü², yü³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

予 (nhừ, dư)

References

• Nom Foundation