Shareables · HSK 5 · 形 · Easy to confuse
形近 · Characters that look like 于
于 next to 千、干、子 — one stroke apart, nothing else in common.
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于yúsurname Yu/to go/to take/sentence-final interrogative particle/variant of 于/(of time or place) in; at; on/(indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for/(indicating a source) from; out of
形近字 · LOOK ALIKE, READ DIFFERENTLY
Same shape at a glance. Different sound, different meaning.
| Character | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 于 | yú | surname Yu/to go/to take/sentence-final interrogative particle/variant of 于/(of time or place) in; at; on/(indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for/(indicating a source) from; out of |
| 千 | qiān | thousand/see 秋千 |
| 干 | gān | old variant of 干/surname Gan/dry/dried food/empty; hollow/taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster/futile; in vain/(dialect) rude; blunt |
| 子 | zi | son/child/seed/egg/small thing/1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat/Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位/ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) |
| 予 | yǔ | (archaic) I/me/(literary) to give |
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