予

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(literary) to give

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Components 丁 ? unknown part

bestow · Heisig RSH #1005

矛 spear — as a component also called: ceremonial spear

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
不予理会	bù yǔ lǐ huì	to ignore; to brush off; to dismiss; to pay no attention to
予人口实	yǔ rén kǒu shí	to give cause for gossip
不予评论	bù yǔ píng lùn	No comment!
不予置评	bù yǔ zhì píng	to make no comment; "no comment"
生杀予夺	shēng shā yǔ duó	(lit.) to spare or to kill, to give or take away (idiom); (fig.) control over the fate of …
不予	bù yǔ	(formal) not to (do sth)
予以	yǔ yǐ	to give; to impose; to apply
欲取姑予	yù qǔ gū yǔ	variant of 欲取姑與\|欲取姑与[yu4 qu3 gu1 yu3]
寄予厚望	jì yǔ hòu wàng	to place high hopes
准予	zhǔn yǔ	to grant; to approve; to permit
施予	shī yǔ	variant of 施與\|施与[shi1 yu3]
欧阳予倩	Ōu yáng Yú qiàn	Ouyang Yuqian (1889-1962), Chinese actor
给予	jǐ yǔ	(literary) to give; to accord; to render
寄予	jì yǔ	to place (hope, importance etc) on; to express; to show; to give
授予	shòu yǔ	to award; to confer
酌予	zhuó yǔ	to give as one sees fit
赠予	zèng yǔ	to give a present; to accord (a favor); to grant
赐予	cì yǔ	to grant; to bestow
宰予	Zǎi Yú	Zai Yu (522-458 BC), disciple of Confucius
赋予	fù yǔ	to assign; to entrust (a task); to give; to bestow

These characters use 予 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
予 sound part	yǔ	to give; to award
野	yě	field, open country; wilderness
预	yù	to prepare, to arrange; in advance
序	xù	order, sequence, series; preface
舒	shū	relaxed, comfortable; to unfold, to stretch out
豫	yù	relaxed; hesitant
妤	yú	beautiful, handsome, fair
杼	zhù	scrub oak; long, narrow, thin; sewing shuttle