与

與
yú
#108 most
frequent character
variant of 歟|欤[yu2]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

与 is a shorthand for 與 and served as a sound part. 與 first meant 'two people raising an object', which grew into 'to help' and then 'and, with'. Read yù, it means 'to participate'.

与 as a component in other characters

sound2 characters
屿欤
empty1 character
写

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Same Characters, Different Readings

与yù
to take part in
HSK 5
与yǔ
to give, to help, to get along with

Homophones

HSK 2
鱼yú
fish
于yú
(preposition)
愉yú
pleased
予yú
(archaic) I, me
余yú
extra, surplus, remaining

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