宇

Translingual

Han character

宇 (radical 40 宀+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 十一木 (JMD), four-corner 3040₁, composition ⿱宀于)

1. house
2. building, structure
3. eaves
4. universe

Descendants

• う
• ウ

References

• KangXi: page 282, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7067
• Dae Jaweon: page 551, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 911, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5B87

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Cantonese

Hanzi

宇 (jyutping jyu5, Yale yu5)

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Japanese

Kanji

宇 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: う (u)
• Kun: のき (noki), いえ (ie)

Proper noun

宇 (hiragana さかい, romaji Sakai)

1. A female given name

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

宇 (pinyin yǔ (yu3), Wade-Giles yü³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

宇 (vũ, võ, vò)