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于
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at

HSK 10 N1
Communication →Language
wū, yú
オ、ヨ
おい.て、お.ける、ああ、より
어, 오
Originally a variant form of 烏, which is a pictograph of a crow. The current use as a function word is a phonetic loan.
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Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
Bronze
Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Bronze
Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
於
Regular
Modern
Chinese
于 / 於 [yú]
in; at; to; from; by; than; out of
Japanese
於いて (rare) 、 於て (rare) おいて 同音

exp.

  1. usually kana at (a time or place); in; on (as ...において)
  2. usually kana in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); when it comes to; regarding; with respect to; in (terms of); as to; as for (as ...において)
  3. usually kana on the part of; under the authority of; in the name of (as ...において)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
於 うえ
Ue surname
於 お
O surname
於 おごと
Ogoto female given name
CHINESE WORDS (170)
一年之计在于春 [yī​nián​zhī​jì​zài​yú​chūn] #47,753
the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
一日之计在于晨 [yī​rì​zhī​jì​zài​yú​chén] #56,935
make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
不亚于 [bù​yà​yú] #66,916
no less than
不利于 [bù​lì​yú]
not beneficial for
不甘于 [bù​gān​yú] #45,520
unwilling to accept
不绝于耳 [bù​jué​yú​'ěr] #54,671
(of sound) to never stop
不绝于途 [bù​jué​yú​tú]
to come and go in an incessant stream
不至于 [bù​zhì​yú] #6,915
unlikely to go so far as to
了然于胸 [liǎo​rán​yú​xiōng]
to be well aware of sth
事实胜于雄辩 [shì​shí​shèng​yú​xióng​biàn] #46,145
facts speak louder than words (idiom)
160 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (12)
於いて [おいて] #20,787
at (a time or place)
⭐ 嗚呼 [ああ] #21,881
ah!
⭐ に於ける [における] #23,705
in
⭐ に於いて [において] #25,929
at (a time or place)
お転婆 [おてんば] #32,432
tomboy
信頼のおける [しんらいのおける] #43,904
reliable
お多福 [おたふく] #124,811
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)
於ける [おける] #142,464
in
正義の名において [せいぎのなにおいて] #164,323
in the name of justice
於かれましては [おかれましては] #168,430
in respect of
2 more items
KOREAN WORDS (1)
심지어 #1,565
even