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宇

yǔ

HSK 6 Character

What 宇 means

1. room
2. universe

Example sentences

• 但宇宙无限。
  But the universe is infinite.
• 宇宙浩瀚无边。
  Yǔzhòu hàohàn wúbiān.
  The universe is limitless.
• 宇宙何以开端？
  What is the origin of the universe?
• 宇宙无穷无尽。
  The universe is endless.
• 宇宙是怎样形成的？
  Yǔzhòu shì zěnyàng xíngchéng de?
  How was the universe formed?
• 宇宙里是没有空气的。
  Yǔzhòu lǐ shì méiyǒu kōngqì de.
  There is no air in space.

Words starting with 宇

• 宇宙yǔ zhòuuniverse; cosmos; space
• 宇航员yǔ háng yuánastronaut
• 宇宙飞船yǔ zhòu fēi chuánspaceship; spacecraft
• 宇航yǔ hángspace flight
• 宇文Yǔ wéna branch of the Xianbei 鲜卑; two-character surname Yuwen
• 宇航局yǔ háng júspace agency
• 宇航服yǔ háng fúspacesuit
• 宇普西龙yǔ pǔ xī lóngupsilon (Greek letter Υυ)
• 宇宙学yǔ zhòu xuécosmology
• 宇宙线yǔ zhòu xiàncosmic ray
• 宇宙号Yǔ zhòu hàoKosmos, series of earth-orbit satellites operated by the Soviet Union and subsequently…
• 宇宙观yǔ zhòu guānworld view; conception of the universe
• 宇宙射线yǔ zhòu shè xiàncosmic ray
• 宇宙速度yǔ zhòu sù dùescape velocity

Words containing 宇

• 李宇春Lǐ Yǔ chūnLi Yuchun aka Chris Lee (1984-), Chinese pop singer
• 庙宇miào yǔtemple
• 楼宇lóu yǔbuilding
• 眉宇méi yǔ(literary) forehead; (literary) countenance; features
• 大宇Dà yǔDaewoo (Korean conglomerate)
• 气宇轩昂qì yǔ xuān ángto have an imposing or impressive appearance; impressive appearance…
• 屋宇wū yǔ(literary) house; building
• 杜宇dù yǔcuckoo; same as 杜鹃鸟
• 气宇qì yǔbearing; deportment
• 金宇中Jīn Yǔ zhōngKim Woo-jung (1936-), Korean businessman and founder of the Daewoo Group
• 美宇航局Měi Yǔ háng júUS National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA; abbr. for 美国宇航局
• 美国宇航局Měi guó Yǔ háng júUS National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA
• 殿宇diàn yǔ(literary) halls (of a palace or a temple)
• 元宇宙yuán yǔ zhòu(computing) metaverse
• 多元宇宙duō yuán yǔ zhòumultiverse (cosmology)
• 平行宇宙píng xíng yǔ zhòuparallel universe
• 芝宇zhī yǔyour appearance (honorific); cf 紫芝眉宇
• 吴镇宇Wú Zhèn yǔFrancis Ng Chun-Yu (1961-), Hong Kong actor
• 琼楼玉宇qióng lóu yù yǔbejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling
• 紫芝眉宇zǐ zhī méi yǔyour appearance (honorific)
• 靖宇县Jìng yǔ XiànJingyu, a county in Baishan City 白山市
• 寰宇huán yǔthe whole earth; the universe
• 邃宇suì yǔlarge house that is dark and labyrinthine
• 器宇qì yǔ(literary) variant of 气宇

Characters built on 于

These share the phonetic component 于 (yú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 吁yùto implore
• 迂yūliteral-minded; pedantic; doctrinaire
• 芋yùtaro; Colocasia antiquorum; Colocasia esculenta
• 盂yúbasin; wide-mouthed jar or pot
• 竽yúfree reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙
• 纡yūwinding; twisting
• 盱xūanxious; stare
• 玗yúsemiprecious stone; a kind of jade

Characters that look like 宇

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 市shìmarket; city; municipality (administrative unit)
• 字zìletter; symbol; character
• 孕yùnpregnant
• 罕hǎnrare
• 牢láo(literary) pen; fold (for livestock); prison; jail; firm; secure; fast
• 孚fúto trust; to believe in

Sounds the same

Read yǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 与(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with…
• 语dialect; language; speech
• 雨rain
• 羽feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
• 屿islet
• 予(literary) to give
• 禹Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods; surname Yu
• 瑀(chalcedony)
• 圄prison; to imprison
• 敔percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip across the…
• 俣big
• 龉used in 龃龉