Read Edit View history Discussion 于 yúwūxū HSK2 at Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a musical wind instrument with a reed, which is now written as 竽. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas yú × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 于 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 於 ×于 × Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 于 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 296, 721 ], [ 325, 712 ], [ 361, 711 ], [ 632, 755 ], [ 674, 758 ], [ 721, 749 ] ], [ [ 112, 462 ], [ 170, 452 ], [ 406, 489 ], [ 821, 531 ], [ 856, 527 ], [ 914, 508 ] ], [ [ 464, 701 ], [ 501, 675 ], [ 527, 536 ], [ 542, 288 ], [ 536, 150 ], [ 516, 82 ], [ 501, 57 ], [ 477, 38 ], [ 345, 92 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 500 709 Q 591 724 710 735 Q 722 734 732 747 Q 733 760 709 772 Q 673 794 598 775 Q 562 769 528 760 Q 449 745 302 731 Q 271 728 294 709 Q 330 678 360 686 Q 403 695 456 702 L 500 709 Z", "M 556 484 Q 634 490 898 491 Q 922 491 927 501 Q 934 514 914 531 Q 842 588 796 565 Q 699 549 552 525 L 502 518 Q 499 519 497 518 Q 322 497 115 474 Q 90 471 108 451 Q 124 435 146 428 Q 171 421 190 427 Q 328 463 506 480 L 556 484 Z", "M 506 480 Q 527 186 476 99 Q 473 90 464 87 Q 446 81 349 100 Q 340 101 338 97 Q 337 93 346 84 Q 416 30 455 -12 Q 468 -25 475 -23 Q 491 -22 517 6 Q 574 63 575 174 Q 576 234 556 484 L 552 525 Q 531 687 528 692 Q 519 701 500 709 C 474 724 442 729 456 702 Q 487 656 502 518 L 506 480 Z" ] } 3 strokes 于 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 296, 721 ], [ 325, 712 ], [ 361, 711 ], [ 632, 755 ], [ 674, 758 ], [ 721, 749 ] ], [ [ 112, 462 ], [ 170, 452 ], [ 406, 489 ], [ 821, 531 ], [ 856, 527 ], [ 914, 508 ] ], [ [ 464, 701 ], [ 501, 675 ], [ 527, 536 ], [ 542, 288 ], [ 536, 150 ], [ 516, 82 ], [ 501, 57 ], [ 477, 38 ], [ 345, 92 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 500 709 Q 591 724 710 735 Q 722 734 732 747 Q 733 760 709 772 Q 673 794 598 775 Q 562 769 528 760 Q 449 745 302 731 Q 271 728 294 709 Q 330 678 360 686 Q 403 695 456 702 L 500 709 Z", "M 556 484 Q 634 490 898 491 Q 922 491 927 501 Q 934 514 914 531 Q 842 588 796 565 Q 699 549 552 525 L 502 518 Q 499 519 497 518 Q 322 497 115 474 Q 90 471 108 451 Q 124 435 146 428 Q 171 421 190 427 Q 328 463 506 480 L 556 484 Z", "M 506 480 Q 527 186 476 99 Q 473 90 464 87 Q 446 81 349 100 Q 340 101 338 97 Q 337 93 346 84 Q 416 30 455 -12 Q 468 -25 475 -23 Q 491 -22 517 6 Q 574 63 575 174 Q 576 234 556 484 L 552 525 Q 531 687 528 692 Q 519 701 500 709 C 474 724 442 729 456 702 Q 487 656 502 518 L 506 480 Z" ] } 3 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.