豫

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happy; carefree; at one's ease; variant of 預|预[yu4]; old variant of 與|与[yu4]

Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

象 meaning “elephant” + 予 sound ( yǔ )

Components 予象

pleased · Heisig RSH #2892

予 bestow + 象 elephant

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
宿豫区	Sù yù Qū	Suyu, a district of Suqian City 宿遷市\|宿迁市[Su4 qian1 Shi4], Jiangsu
犹豫不决	yóu yù bù jué	hesitancy; indecision; to waver
不豫	bù yù	(literary) unhappy; displeased
毫不犹豫	háo bù yóu yù	without the slightest hesitation
李豫	Lǐ Yù	Li Yu, personal name of ninth Tang emperor Taizong 代宗[Tai4 zong1] (727-779), reigned 762-7…
豫告	yù gào	variant of 預告\|预告[yu4 gao4]; to forecast; to predict; advance notice
豫剧	Yù jù	Henan opera
宿豫	Sù yù	see 宿豫區\|宿豫区[Su4 yu4 Qu1]
犹豫	yóu yù	to hesitate
逸豫	yì yù	idleness and pleasure
冘豫	yóu yù	variant of 猶豫\|犹豫[you2 yu4]

Characters sharing the sound component 予 — 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
妤	yú	beautiful, handsome, fair
杼	zhù	scrub oak; long, narrow, thin; sewing shuttle