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宇

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room; universe

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HSK 3.0
Level 6
Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
6
Radical
宀 +3
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
宇
Common rank
#1,691
Unicode
U+5B87

Formation & memory

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How 宇 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

宀 meaning “building” + 于 sound ( yú )

Components 宀 于

How to remember it

eaves · Heisig RSH #1282

house + clothing conveyor

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 宇

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

WordPinyinMeaning
宇普西龙 yǔ pǔ xī lóng upsilon (Greek letter Υυ)
美国宇航局 Měi guó Yǔ háng jú US National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA
金宇中 Jīn Yǔ zhōng Kim Woo-jung (1936-), Korean businessman and founder of the Daewoo Group
美宇航局 Měi Yǔ háng jú US National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA; abbr. for 美國宇航局|美国宇航局
宇航员 yǔ háng yuán astronaut
大宇 Dà yǔ Daewoo (Korean conglomerate)
宇航服 yǔ háng fú spacesuit
李宇春 Lǐ Yǔ chūn Li Yuchun aka Chris Lee (1984-), Chinese pop singer
气宇 qì yǔ bearing; deportment
宇文 Yǔ wén a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1] nomadic people; two-character surname Yuwen
宇航局 yǔ háng jú space agency
器宇 qì yǔ (literary) variant of 氣宇|气宇[qi4 yu3]
宇航 yǔ háng space flight
平行宇宙 píng xíng yǔ zhòu parallel universe
眉宇 méi yǔ (literary) forehead; (literary) countenance; features
多元宇宙 duō yuán yǔ zhòu multiverse (cosmology)
宇宙射线 yǔ zhòu shè xiàn cosmic ray
靖宇县 Jìng yǔ Xiàn Jingyu, a county in Baishan City 白山市[Bai2 shan1 Shi4], Jilin
楼宇 lóu yǔ building
琼楼玉宇 qióng lóu yù yǔ bejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 于 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
于 sound part yú at, in, on; to, from; alas!
迂 yū abstruse, pedantic, unrealistic
芋 yù taro
盂 yú basin; cup
吁 xū alas; to sigh
竽 yú free reed mouth organ
圩 xū dike, embankment
盱 xū eyes wide open; to gaze in astonishment
纡 yū to twist, to turn, to bend; to distort
玗 yú semi-precious stone
邘 yú a state in Henan province