予
yǔyú HSK6

give

Embellishment of the phonetically similar character 呂.

Components

呂
呂 Sound component
pitchpipe
Change in sound
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 呂 than it was in ancient scripts.
亅
亅 Distinguishing component
jué hook

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (6 of 10 verified)

预序野舒豫纾杼預妤紓

Meaning (0 of 3 verified)

抒纾紓

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyolaʔ I, we
yoXlaʔ give; together with

說文解字

《說文》：“予，推予也。象相予之形。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)