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yǔyùyú HSK4

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Simplified form of 與. Phonosemantic compound. 舁 represents the meaning and 牙 represents the sound. The traditional component 舁 was removed for simplification.

Components

舁 Deleted component

yú to lift

The traditional component 舁 was removed for simplification.

牙 Sound component

yá tooth

Change in sound

与 and 牙 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
与 *m-q(r)aʔ
牙 *m-ɢˤ<r>a

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 牙 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yoX	m-q(r)aʔ	give; for; and

說文解字

《說文》：“与，賜予也。一勺為与。此与與同。”

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)