與

Translingual

shinjitai	与
simplified	与
traditional	與

Alternative forms

• 与 (traditional variant, now the standard simplified form)

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 舁 + 与

Han character

與 (radical 134 臼+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹X卜金 (HXYC), four-corner 7780₁)

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

Derived characters

• 璵, 譽, 擧, 舉, 歟, 嶼, 礜, 㦛, 鱮, 旟, 嬩

Descendants

• ヨ

References

• KangXi: page 1004, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30212
• Dae Jaweon: page 1460, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 251, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8207

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Chinese

		-
trad.		與
simp.		与

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú, yǔ, yù (yu², yu³, yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ, ㄩˇ, ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴, jyu⁵, jyu⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): yi, yî
• Min Nan (POJ): í / ú

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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/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Wade-Giles: yü⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiw
    • IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴, jyu⁵, jyu⁶
    • Yale: yùh, yúh, yuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴, jy⁵, jy⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/, /jyː¹³/, /jyː²²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi, yî
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi1, yi2
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í / ú
    • Tâi-lô: í / ú
    • IPA (Taipei): /i⁴¹/, /u⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³/, /u⁵³/
  • Note: í - vernacular, ú - literary.

Middle Chinese pronunciation (與, reconstructed)
Character (與), Pronunciation 1/3
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 (與), Pronunciation 2/3
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/
Character (與), Pronunciation 3/3
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 魚 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 羊洳切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jɨʌH/	/i̯woH/	/iɔH/	/jiɔH/	/jɨə̆H/	/jĭoH/	/iɔH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (與, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
與								yǔ								‹ yoX ›								/*m-q(r)aʔ/								give; for; and
與								yù								‹ yoH ›								/*ɢ(r)aʔ-s/								participate in
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
與					15891					舁					魚					0					余					/*la/					舁分化字，中加牙表咬牙合力，牙兼聲
與					15901					舁					魚					0										/*laʔ/					舁分化字
與					15904					舁					魚					0					豫					/*las/

References

• (Hakka) Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• (Hakka) Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.
• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

與

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 与)

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Readings

• On: よ (yo)
• Kun: くみする (kumisuru), あたえる (ataeru), あずかる (azukaru)

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Korean

Hanja

與 (yeo) (hangeul 여, revised yeo, McCune-Reischauer yŏ, Yale ye)

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Vietnamese

Han character

與 (dữ, trở)

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