宇

Translingual

Han character

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

Descendants

• う
• ウ
• 𛀊
• 𛀋

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		宇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (于) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
瓠	*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
雩	*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
吁	*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	*qʰʷa, *qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷaʔ) : semantic 宀 (“house”) + phonetic 于 (OC *ɢʷa)

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 宇

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

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Japanese

Kanji

宇

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: う (u, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: う (u, Jōyō)
• Kun: のき (noki, 宇); いえ (ie, 宇)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
宇
う Grade: 6
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 宇 (MC hjuX).

Counter

宇(う) • (-u) 

1. Counter for buildings, roofs, etc.

Affix

宇(う) • (u) 

1. eaves; roof; house; building
2. the whole world; universe

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 宇(う)宙(ちゅう) (uchū): universe; cosmos
• 屋(おく)宇(う) (okū): house

Etymology 2

Proper noun

宇(さかい) • (Sakai) 

1. a female given name

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Korean

Hanja

宇 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 宇 (vũ, võ, thủy)

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