寓
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(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling; (bound form) to imply; to place; to contain (sth abstract)
Formation & memory
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How 寓 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
宀 meaning “roof” + 禺 sound ()
Components 宀 禺
How to remember it
residence · Heisig RSH #2876
house + Talking Cricket
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 寓
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寓管理于服务之中 | to make administration service-oriented | |
| 寓意深长 | to have profound import (idiom); to be deeply significant | |
| 寓教于乐 | to make learning fun; to combine education and entertainment | |
| 公寓大楼 | apartment building | |
| 寓意深远 | the implied message is deep (idiom); having deep implications | |
| 步登公寓 | (Tw) walk-up apartment (postwar building style with stair access and no elevator) | |
| 伊索寓言 | Aesop's Fables, a collection of fables attributed to Aesop | |
| 公寓楼 | apartment building; CL:座[zuo4] | |
| 公寓 | apartment building; block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (C… | |
| 寓意 | moral (of a story); lesson to be learned; implication; message; import; metaphorical meani… | |
| 寓言 | fable; allegory; parable; CL:則|则[ze2] | |
| 寓目 | (literary) to look over; to view | |
| 寓所 | dwelling | |
| 寓居 | to make one's home in; to reside in; to inhabit |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 禺 — compare how they read.