與

See also: 与

Translingual

Japanese	与
Simplified	与
Traditional	與

Han character

與 (Kangxi radical 134, 臼+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹難卜金 (HXYC), four-corner 7780₁, composition ⿶⿳𦥑一八⿹⿺㇉一丨(GHJKV) or ⿶⿳𦥑一八⿹⿺㇉一丿(T))

Derived characters

• 㒜, 𡁎, 嬩, 嶼(屿), 𢷣, 㵰, 𣄣, 旟(𭤰), 䑂, 㺞, 璵(玙), 𨮔(𮡤), 鱮(𫚈), 歟(欤), 𮨠, 𪇬
• 㠘, 藇, 𡒊, 𡽬, 舉(举), 㦛(𢗓), 擧(挙), 𣝑, 𬍋, 𤪐, 礜(𪿝), 𦏜, 譽(誉), 𧸧, 轝(𬛼), 𨮖, 𩁕, 鸒

Related characters

• 与 (Japanese shinjitai and simplified Chinese)

Descendants

• ヨ (Katakana character derived from Man'yōgana)

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		與
simp.		与
alternative forms		𭁇

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 與
Spring and Autumn	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
攑	*kʰlan
藇	*sla, *ljaʔ, *la, *laʔ, *las
嶼	*ljaʔ
鱮	*ljaʔ
舉	*klaʔ
櫸	*klaʔ
舁	*la
與	*la, *laʔ, *las
輿	*la, *las
旟	*la
璵	*la
歟	*la, *laʔ, *las
譽	*la, *las
嬩	*la
擧	*la
鸒	*la, *las
礜	*las
穥	*las

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *la, *laʔ, *las) : phonetic 舁 (OC *la) + semantic 牙 .

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 與

1. to give; to offer

   贈與／赠与  ―  zèngyǔ  ―  to gift

   給與／给与  ―  jǐyǔ  ―  to accord, to grant

2. ^† to agree; to allow; to permit
3. ^† to help; to support

   與人為善／与人为善  ―  yǔrénwéishàn  ―  to help others

4. ^† to get close to
5. ^† to follow
6. ^† to befriend; to get along with; to associate with
   • 相與／相与  ―  xiàngyǔ  ―  to get along with somebody
7. ^† to fight
8. ^† to deal with; to cope
9. ^† to compare
10. ^† to wait
    • 歲不我與／岁不我与  ―  suìbùwǒyǔ  ―  time and tide wait for no man
11. ^† to choose; to elect
12. ^† clique
13. ^† allied country

    與國／与国  ―  yǔguó  ―  allied country

14. with

    我與這事無關。／我与这事无关。  ―  Wǒ yǔ zhè shì wúguān.  ―  I have nothing to do with the matter.

15. for
16. ^† (passive) by
17. used to introduce the recipient of an action

    與人民為敵／与人民为敌  ―  yǔ rénmín wéi dí  ―  to be hostile to the people

18. and (used to connect two nouns)

    山與水／山与水  ―  shān yǔ shuǐ  ―  mountains and waters

    • 天地與我並存，而萬物與我為一。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      天地与我并存，而万物与我为一。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

      Tiāndì yǔ wǒ bìngcún, ér wànwù yǔ wǒ wèi yī. [Pinyin]

      The universe and I came into being together; and I, and everything therein, are One.

19. (logic) AND; conjunction
20. ^† rather than

    與其／与其  ―  yǔqí  ―  rather than

21. Same as 舉／举 (jǔ)

    選賢與能／选贤与能  ―  xuǎnxiányǔnéng  ―  choose men of talents, virtue, and ability

22. a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 和 (“and”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		與, 及
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		和, 與, 及, 與及 Cantonese
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	跟, 和
	Taiwan	跟, 和
	Malaysia	和, 跟
	Singapore	和, 跟
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	和, 跟, 給
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	和
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	和
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	連
	Xi'an	跟, 連
	Xining	帶, 和
	Xuzhou	給
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	帶
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	連
	Lanzhou	跟, 和
	Ürümqi	跟, 連, 和
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	跟, 給, 和
	Wuhan	跟
	Guiyang	跟, 同, 和
	Guilin	跟, 和
	Liuzhou	跟, 同, 和
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	告, 跟
	Yangzhou	跟, 交
	Hefei	跟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	同, 同埋
	Hong Kong	同, 同埋
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	同
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	同
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	同
	Macau	同, 同埋
	Taishan	同埋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	同, 同埋
	Dongguan	同, 同埋
	Yangjiang	鄧, 同
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	同
	Penang (Guangfu)	同
	Singapore (Guangfu)	同
Gan	Nanchang	跟, 同
	Lichuan	和
	Pingxiang	同, 跟
Hakka	Meixian	同, 摎
	Yudu	澗
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	摎
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	同
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	摎
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	同
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	摎
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	和
	Hong Kong	摎
	Kuching (Hepo)	佮
Huizhou	Jixi	搭
Jin	Taiyuan	和, 跟
	Xinzhou	給
Northern Min	Jian'ou	邀
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	邀, 儉, 教
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	邀
	Pucheng (Shibei)	邀, 跟
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	共
	Fuzhou (Changle)	共
	Fuqing	共
	Yongtai	共
	Gutian	共
	Fu'an	共
	Ningde	共
	Shouning	隨
	Zhouning	傮, 共
	Fuding	跟
Southern Min	Xiamen	佮, 交
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	佮
	Quanzhou	佮, 交
	Zhangzhou	佮
	Tainan	佮
	Hsinchu	交
	Penang (Hokkien)	佮
	Singapore (Hokkien)	佮
	Manila (Hokkien)	佮, 交
	Chaozhou	佮, 共
	Shantou	佮
	Jieyang	佮
	Singapore (Teochew)	佮
	Pontianak (Teochew)	佮
	Leizhou	共
	Wenchang	共
	Haikou	共
	Qionghai	共
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	同, 同埋
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	跟, 邀
Wu	Shanghai	脫, 脫仔, 得, 得仔, 搭, 搭仔, 交, 幫, 同, 跟
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	搭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	脫
	Suzhou	搭, 搭仔
	Danyang	同, 跟
	Hangzhou	同
	Ningbo	搭, 搭仔
	Wenzhou	伉
	Jinhua	亨, 跟
Xiang	Changsha	跟
	Loudi	跟
	Shuangfeng	跟, 同

See also

• 而 (ér, “and”), used to connect two clauses or adjectives

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̀
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ú / ū / ī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): e⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁶
    • Yale: yuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̀
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ú / ū / ī
    • Tâi-lô: ú / ū / ī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uo, u, i
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u⁵³/, /u²²/, /i²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u⁵⁵⁴/, /u⁴¹/, /i⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /u⁵³/, /u²²/, /i²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /u⁵³/, /u³³/, /i³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u⁴¹/, /u³³/, /i³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: e⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɯ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yoH

Rime
Character	與
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	羊洳切
Baxter	yoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/iɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/iɔH/
Wang Li	/jĭoH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢ(r)aʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*las/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	與
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ yoH ›
Old Chinese	/*ɢ(r)aʔ-s/
English	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	與
Reading #	3/3
No.	15904
Phonetic component	舁
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	豫
Old Chinese	/*las/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 與

1. to participate

   參與／参与  ―  cānyù  ―  to participate

2. ^† to interfere

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú (yu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): û / î

  (Teochew, Peng'im): e⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yú
    • Wade–Giles: yü²
    • Yale: yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: û / î
    • Tâi-lô: û / î
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uu, ii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u²⁴/, /i²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u²⁴/, /i²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /u¹³/, /i¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /u²⁴/, /i²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u²³/, /i²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: e⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɯ¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yo

Rime
Character	與
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以諸切
Baxter	yo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/iɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨə̆/
Li Rong	/iɔ/
Wang Li	/jĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*la/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	與
Reading #	1/3
No.	15891
Phonetic component	舁
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	余
Old Chinese	/*la/
Notes	舁分化字，中加牙表咬牙合力， 牙兼聲

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 與

1. ^† Used for expressing an exclamatory, doubtful or questioning tone; same as 歟／欤 (yú).

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	与
Kyūjitai	與

Kanji

與

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 与)

1. participate in
2. give
3. award
4. impart
5. provide
6. cause

Readings

• Go-on: よ (yo)
• Kan-on: よ (yo)
• Kun: あたえる (ataeru, 與える)^{←あたへる (ataferu, 與へる, historical)}、あずかる (azukaru, 與る)^{←あづかる (adukaru, 與る, historical)}、くみする (kumisuru, 與する)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 與 (dữ, trở)

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