于

See also: 千, 干, 子, 扵, and 於

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Ideogram (指事) – a tool of some sort. Also Simplified from 於.

Han character

于 (radical 7 二+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 一木 (MD), four-corner 1040₀)

1. in, on, at
2. go to
3. used as a surname

Derived characters

• 宇 芋 盂 紆

References

• KangXi: page 86, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 252
• Dae Jaweon: page 177, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 4, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4E8E

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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 于 – see 於. (This term, 于, is the simplified form of 於.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Usage notes

This character is also used in some ancient texts.

Etymology 2

		-
simp. and trad.		于

Definitions

于

1. A surname​.
2. Used in several names and proper nouns
   • 單于 / 单于  ―  chan2yú  ―  chief of the Xiongnu; a Chinese surname
   • 淳于  ―  chúnyú  ―  a Chinese surname

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Japanese

Kanji

于

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: う (u), く (ku)
• Kun: ここに (kokoni), ゆく (yuku)

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Korean

Hanja

于 (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune-Reischauer u)

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Vietnamese

Han character

于 (vu, vo, vò)

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References

• Nom Foundation