# 予

| 予 | U+4E88, &#20104; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E88 |
| ← 亇 [U+4E87] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 争 → [U+4E89] |

## Translingual
### Han character

予 (Kangxi radical 6, 亅+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓戈弓弓 (NINN), four-corner 1720$_2$, composition ⿱龴𠄐)
* Shuowen Jiezi radical №127

#### Derived characters

* 伃, 𠰄, 㘧, 妤, 㜿, 𢎻, 𭛞, 忬, 抒, 汿, 𤝉, 䦽, 杼, 沀, 㶦, 𤤂, 𨑦, 㐨, 𤰩, 𥄛, 䂛, 𥝱, 紓(纾), 𦍗, 𧠐, 𧦃, 𧺥, 𨋋, 野, 𨱢, 𨥤, 舒, 魣(𮬛), 𪐧, 𮓪, 𭌗, 𪜝, 預(预), 𣖦, 𩿎, 豫, 㮊, 序, 芧, 𤵈, 𥩧, 𬯺, 𣏗, 𡍳, 㙒, 𡆹

### Further reading

* Kangxi Dictionary: 亅部/三畫 on the Chinese Wikisource.
* Kangxi Dictionary: page 85, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 231
* Dae Jaweon: page 174, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 52, character 2
* Unihan data for U+4E88

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 予
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
* Oracle bone scriptj10319Small seal scripts02873Transcribed ancient scriptsL34283L34284L14210L14211L14212L14213L14214L14215L14216L14217L14218L14219L14220
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | Old Chinese |
| 野 | *laːʔ, *ɦljaʔ |
| 壄 | *laːʔ |
| 序 | *ljaʔ |
| 抒 | *ljaʔ, *hlja, *ɦljaʔ |
| 芧 | *l'aʔ |
| 杼 | *l'aʔ, *ɦljaʔ |
| 墅 | *ɦljaːʔ |
| 舒 | *hlja |
| 紓 | *hlja, *ɦljaʔ |
| 妤 | *la |
| 伃 | *la |
| 予 | *la, *laʔ |
| 預 | *las |
| 忬 | *las |
| 豫 | *las |
| 蕷 | *las |
| 澦 | *las |
Jiajie (假借) and ideogram (指事). Originally 呂 (OC *ɡ·raʔ), the pictogram of two vertebrae, which was then phonetically borrowed for the meanings "I; give". Later, 亅 was added at the bottom as a distinguishing mark and the whole character was heavily stylized. See also 幻.

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-la (“to pay; to give for”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǔ (yu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yì
* Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̄
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ú / ír / í
    (Teochew, Peng'im): e$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǔ
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^3$
*** Yale: yǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeu
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyu$^5$
*** Yale: yúh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jy$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyː¹³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì
*** Hakka Romanization System: i$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /i¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)i$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̄
*** Sinological IPA : /y³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ú
*** Tâi-lô: ú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /u⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ír
*** Tâi-lô: ír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í
*** Tâi-lô: í
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ie
*** IPA (Jinjiang): /i⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: e$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ṳ́
*** Sinological IPA : /ɯ⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: yoX
Rime :
| Character | 予 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 余吕切 |
| Baxter | yoX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jɨʌ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jiɔ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /iɔ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jɨə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /iɔ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭo$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯wo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyu$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*laʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*laʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 予 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yǔ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ yo$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*laʔ/ |
| English | give; together with |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 予 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 15739 |
| Phonetic component | 予 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*laʔ/ |

#### Definitions

予
* (alt. form 與／与) to give
* to praise; to esteem

#### Compounds

* 不予置評 / 不予置评 (bùyǔzhìpíng)
* 予人口實 / 予人口实
* 予以 (yǔyǐ)
* 予假 (yǔjià)
* 予告
* 予市 (Yǔshì)
* 准予 (zhǔnyǔ)
* 寄予 (jìyǔ)
* 授予 (shòuyǔ)
* 施予 (shīyǔ)
* 生殺予奪 / 生杀予夺 (shēngshāyǔduó)
* 給予 / 给予
* 賦予 / 赋予 (fùyǔ)
* 賜予 / 赐予 (cìyǔ)
* 贈予 / 赠予 (zèngyǔ)
* 閔予小子 / 闵予小子

### Etymology 2

與 (OC *laʔ) is often considered to be the original character (Lin, 1998, 1999; Mei, 2007); Taiwan's Ministry of Education considers the cognate 予 (OC *laʔ) to be the original character. In either case, this would be the same word as etymology 1.
Alternatively, Zhao (1991) argues that this is a Kra-Dai substrate, suggesting a borrowing from Proto-Tai *haɰꟲ (“to give”), whence Zhuang hawj (“to give; to allow”) and Bouyei haec (“to give; to allow”). Note that the Tai word has been connected to Middle Chinese 許 (MC xjoX, “to allow”) (Manomaivibool, 1975). On the other hand, Zheng (2008) considers both the Hokkien word and the Kra-Dai word to be derived from 與.
Assuming 與 to be the etymon, there are also various theories on the development of the h- initial:
* Old Chinese /*ɡl/ → /*ɡ/ → /*ɣ/ → /h/ (Mei, 2007);
* Fricativization of the /*l/ initial in Old Chinese, possibly originating in the Chu dialect (Zheng, 2008);
* /tʰ/ (Quanzhou) → /h/ (other varieties) (Lin, 1998; Zhou, 2006; Taiwan's Ministry of Education).
Sagart (2017c) considers 與 / 与 to be a problematic etymon but agrees with the third theory on the development of h- above. He suggests that a possible trigger for the change from /tʰ/ to /h/ is that /tʰɔ/ is often used with 乞 /kʰit/, allowing /kʰit tʰɔ/ to be reanalysed as /kʰit hɔ/. This etymology was also independently proposed by Lien (2002).

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hō͘ / thō͘ / hǒ͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hou$^7$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Changtai, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Singapore, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘
*** Tâi-lô: hōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ho
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen, Singapore): /hɔ²²/
*** IPA (Changtai): /heu²²/
*** IPA (Philippines): /hɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /hɔ³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Hui'an, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thō͘
*** Tâi-lô: thōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: to
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /tʰɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Hui'an): /tʰɔ²¹/
** (Hokkien: Lukang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǒ͘
*** Tâi-lô: hǒo
*** IPA (Lukang): /hɔ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hou$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hōu
*** Sinological IPA : /hou¹¹/

#### Definitions

予
* (Hokkien) to give
       I hō͘ góa gō͘ kho͘. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       He gave me five dollars.
* (Teochew) to deliver; to give
* (Hokkien) to allow
    予伊去！ [Hokkien] ― Hō͘ i khì! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― Let it go!
* (Hokkien) to cause; to make
* (Hokkien, Teochew) by (used in constructing the passive)
    伊予人拍。 [Hokkien] ― I hō͘ lâng phah. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― He was beaten up (by someone).
* (Penang Hokkien) to pay

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 予, 畀 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 給 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 給 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 給 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 給 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 給 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 把, 把得, 給 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 給 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 把, 給 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 給 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 分 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Changtan) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 畀 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 把 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 分 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 分 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 分 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 分 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 分 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 分 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 得 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 分 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 給 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 吶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 予 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 予, 傳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 予 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 予 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 予 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 予 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 予 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 分, 予 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 分 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 要 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 乞 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 撥, 撥辣 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 撥 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 撥 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 匄 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 把 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 把 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 被 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 讓, 叫, 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 讓, 叫, 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 被, 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 被, 讓, 給 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 叫, 讓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 叫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 遭, 叫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 把得 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 給, 把 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 給, 叫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 讓, 等 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 分 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 分 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 畀 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 分 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 分 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 分 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 畀 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 分 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 畀 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 分 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 把 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 畀 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 把 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 分 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 分 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 分 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 分 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 分 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 分 |
| Hakka | Changting | 得 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 得 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 得 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 給 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 分 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 得 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 得 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 討 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 分 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 分 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 分 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 分 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 分 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 得 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 分 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 分 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 分 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 叫, 給 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 吶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 予, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 予, 乞, 傳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 予, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 予 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 予 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 予 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 予 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 予 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 分, 乞, 予 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 分 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 要 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 撥, 撥辣 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 撥, 撥勒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 撥, 撥人家 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 匄 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 聽, 撈, 讓, 被 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 耗 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 付 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 付 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 還, 付 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 還, 付 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 付 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 付 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 付 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 還 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 付 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 付 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 還 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 把拉, 還 obsolete |
| Wu | Shanghai | 付 |

##### Derived terms

* hőng (Min Nan)
* 樹頭徛予在，毋驚樹尾做風颱 / 树头徛予在，毋惊树尾做风台 (chhiū-thâu khiā hō͘ chāi, m̄ kiaⁿ chhiū-bóe chò-hong-thai) (Min Nan)

### Etymology 3

Traditionally considered a variant of 余 (OC *la), however Shijing and Chuci rhymes suggests that the expected tone reflex was rising tone, similar to Pronunciation 1 (Mattos, 1971; Pulleyblank, 1995), which corresponds to a glottal stop coda in Old Chinese. It could thus be reanalyzed an emphatic form of the *l- series of first-person pronouns, similar to 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ, “me, us”) compared to 吾 (OC *ŋaː, “I, we”) in the *ŋ- series.
Cognate with 余 (OC *la), 台 (OC *lɯ, “I”), 朕 (OC *l'ɯmʔ). Further etymology is obscure (Schuessler, 2007). Li F. (1976) reconstructs Old Chinese *rag, and compares it to Proto-Tai *rawᴬ (“first person plural pronoun”) > Thai เรา (rao, “we”). However, Schuessler considers this etymon belonging to 兩 (OC *raŋʔ, *raŋs, “both”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yú (yu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̀
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): û / îr / î
    (Teochew, Peng'im): e$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yú
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yú
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^2$
*** Yale: yú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyu$^4$
*** Yale: yùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jy$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyː²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̀
*** Sinological IPA : /y⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: û
*** Tâi-lô: û
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /u²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: îr
*** Tâi-lô: îr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɯ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î
*** Tâi-lô: î
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ii
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: e$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ṳ̂
*** Sinological IPA : /ɯ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: yo
Rime :
| Character | 予 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 以諸切 |
| Baxter | yo |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jɨʌ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jiɔ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /iɔ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jɨə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /iɔ/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭo/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯wo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*laʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*la/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 予 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ yo › |
| Old Chinese | /*laʔ/ |
| English | I, we |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 予 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 15738 |
| Phonetic component | 予 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 余 |
| Old Chinese | /*la/ |

#### Definitions

予
* (obsolete) Alternative form of 余 (“I, me”)
    From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE
    Yú wèi shàngdì, bù gǎn bù zhèng. [Pinyin]
    As I fear the Heaven, I dare not but punish him.
    From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Fūzǐ shǐ zhī yuē: “Yú suǒ pǐ zhě, tiān yàn zhī! Tiān yàn zhī!” [Pinyin]
    On which the Master swore, saying, "Wherein I have done improperly, may Heaven reject me! May Heaven reject me!"
* a surname

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 吾, 我, 余, 予, 台, 朕 for emperors, 臣, 愚 humble |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 我, 本人, 鄙人 humble, 在下 humble, 不才 humble |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 我 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 我 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 我 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 我 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 我 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 我 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 我, 咱 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 我 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 我, 俺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 我, 俺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 我, 俺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 我, 俺, 咱 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 我 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 我 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 我, 咱 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 我 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 我 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 我 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 我 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 我 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 我 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 我 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 我, 俺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 我 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 我, 俺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 我, 俺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 我, 俺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 我, 俺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 我, 俺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 我, 俺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Rizhao | 我, 俺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 我, 俺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 我, 俺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 我 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 我, 俺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 我, 俺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 我, 俺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 我, 俺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 我, 俺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 我, 俺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 我, 俺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 我, 俺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 我, 俺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 我, 俺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 俺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 我, 俺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 我 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 我, 俺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 我, 俺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 我 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 我, 俺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 我, 俺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 我, 俺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Kaifeng | 我, 俺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 我 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Ankang | 我 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 我 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 我, 俺 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 我 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tongxin | 我 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Guyuan | 我 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 我 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 我 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yanqi | 我 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 我, 俺, 咱 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou (Jiawang) | 俺, 我 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Pizhou | 俺, 我 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Suining | 我 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyi | 我, 俺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fengxian | 我, 俺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Suqian | 俺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lianyungang (Ganyu) | 我, 俺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Donghai | 我, 俺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 我, 俺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Bengbu | 我, 俺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 我 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 我 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Zhongwei | 我 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 我 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 我 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 我 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu (Xindu) | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanbu | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Lhasa | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guanyang | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Lipu | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pingle | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yangshuo | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Xiakuojie) | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fujian) | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming) | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Binyang (Nanjie) | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Shanglin (Sanli) | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hechi (Yizhou) | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 我, 頑, 俺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Ziyang | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 我 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou (Jiangdu) | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Baoying | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Gaoyou | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yizheng | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Taizhou | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Taixing | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Taizhou (Jiangyan) | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Jingjiang (Dongxing) | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Zhenjiang | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Jurong | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 我, 俺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Guanyun | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Guannan | 我, 呣 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huai'an (Huaiyin) | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huai'an (Hongze) | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xuyi | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Jinhu | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Rugao | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Rudong | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hai'an | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yancheng | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Dongtai | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Sheyang | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Funing | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Jianhu | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xiangshui | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Shuyang | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Sihong | 我, 俺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Chuzhou | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 我 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 我 |
| Mandarin | Qinzhou (Longmengang) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 我 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 我 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 我 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 我 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huancheng) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nanlang) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Henglan) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongfeng) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nantou) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Fusha) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shalang) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Gangkou) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huangpu) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Sanjiao) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Minzhong) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Guzhen) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Banfu) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanzhou) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 𠊎 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 我 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 我 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 我 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 我 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 我 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 我 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 我 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 我 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 我 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 我 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 我 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 我 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 儂 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 我, 儂 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 我 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 我 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 我 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 我 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 我 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 我 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 我 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 我 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 我 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu | 我 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 我 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 我 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 我 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 我 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 我 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 我 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 我 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 我 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 儂 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 我 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 我 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 我 |
| Gan | Nanchang (Wangcheng) | 我 |
| Gan | Anyi | 我仂 |
| Gan | Lushan | 我 |
| Gan | Pengze | 我 |
| Gan | Duchang | 我, 我濃 |
| Gan | Wuning (Quankou) | 我 |
| Gan | Poyang | 我 |
| Gan | Yugan | 阿, 我郎 |
| Gan | Wannian | 阿 |
| Gan | Hengfeng | 阿, 阿仂 |
| Gan | Yanshan (Hekou) | 阿, 阿仂 |
| Gan | Leping | 阿 |
| Gan | Yichun | 我 |
| Gan | Yifeng | 阿 |
| Gan | Gao'an | 我 |
| Gan | Fengxin | 我 |
| Gan | Shanggao | 我 |
| Gan | Wanzai | 我 |
| Gan | Fengcheng | 我 |
| Gan | Xinyu | 阿, 我 |
| Gan | Fuzhou (Shangdundu) | 我 |
| Gan | Fuzhou (Dongxiang) | 阿仂 |
| Gan | Nancheng | 阿 |
| Gan | Nanfeng | 阿仂, 阿 |
| Gan | Yihuang | 我 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 我, 阿 |
| Gan | Chongren | 我 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 巷 |
| Gan | Lianhua | 我 |
| Gan | Ji'an | 阿, 我 |
| Gan | Yongfeng | 我 |
| Gan | Taihe | 我 |
| Gan | Xiajiang | 我 |
| Gan | Yongxin | 我 |
| Gan | Yingtan (Yujiang) | 阿 |
| Gan | Guixi | 阿, 阿仂 |
| Gan | Jianning | 我 |
| Gan | Jinxian | 我 |
| Gan | Jinxi | 阿 |
| Gan | Le'an | 我 |
| Gan | Guangchang | 阿 |
| Gan | Anfu | 我 |
| Gan | Suichuan | 𠊎 |
| Gan | Wan'an | 𠊎 |
| Gan | Jing'an | 我 |
| Gan | Zhangshu | 我 |
| Gan | Xingan | 我 |
| Gan | Fenyi | 我 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 我 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 我 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 我 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 我 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 我 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 我 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 我 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 我 |
| Hakka | Zijin | 我 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 我 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 我 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 我 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 我 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 我 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 我 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 我 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 我 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Changting | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Shanghang | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Qingliu | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Nankang) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Dingnan | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Longnan | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Xunwu | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Huichang | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Chongyi | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Xingguo | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Longtan) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingping) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingjiao) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 我 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 𠊎, 我 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 𠊎 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 𠊎 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 我 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 我, 阿 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 我 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 我 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 我 |
| Huizhou | Chun'an (Qiandaohu) | 我 |
| Huizhou | Jiande (Meicheng) | 黨, 卬 |
| Huizhou | Jiande (Shouchang) | 我, 我儂 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 我, 俺 †, used only by females |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 我, 俺 |
| Jin | Datong | 我 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 我, 俺 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 我, 俺 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 我 |
| Jin | Linhe | 我 |
| Jin | Jining | 我, 俺 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 我, 俺 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 我, 俺 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 我, 俺 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 我 |
| Jin | Handan | 我, 俺 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 我, 俺 |
| Jin | Suide | 我 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 我, 俺 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 我 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 我 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 我 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 我, 奴 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 我 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 我 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 我 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 我 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 我 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 我 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 我 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 我 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 我 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 我 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 我 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 我 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 我 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 我 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 我 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 我 |
| Eastern Min | Taishun | 我 |
| Eastern Min | Cangnan | 我 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 我 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 我, 阮, 遮人, 遮的人 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 我, 阮 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 我 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 我 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 我 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 我 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 我 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 我 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 我 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 我, 阮, 遮人, 遮的人 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 我 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 我 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 我 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 我 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 我 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 我 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 我 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 我, 阮 GT |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 我 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 我 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 我 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 我 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 我 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 我 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 我 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 我 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 我 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 我 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 我 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 我 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 我 |
| Southern Min | Shunchang (Pushang) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Cangnan | 我 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 我 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 我 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 我 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 我 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 我 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 我, 儂 polite/humble |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 我 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 我, 儂 polite/humble |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 我 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 我 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 我 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 我 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 我 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 我 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 我 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 我 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 我 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 我 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 伉 |
| Shaojiang Min | Guangze | 伉 |
| Shaojiang Min | Jiangle | 我 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 我 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 我 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 我 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 我 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 我 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 我 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 吾 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 我, 阿拉 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 我儂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 唔, 唔儂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 我 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 我, 奴 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 吾, 吾奴 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 我 |
| Wu | Changshu | 我 |
| Wu | Nantong (Haimen) | 我 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 我奴 |
| Wu | Jiashan | 我奴, 我 |
| Wu | Pinghu | 我奴, 我 |
| Wu | Haining (Yanguan) | 我 |
| Wu | Tongxiang | 我 |
| Wu | Haiyan | 我, 活儂, 活奴 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 我 |
| Wu | Danyang | 我 |
| Wu | Nanjing (Gaochun) | 我 |
| Wu | Huzhou | 是我 |
| Wu | Changxing | 我, 是我 |
| Wu | Anji | 我 |
| Wu | Deqing | 我 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 我 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 我, 是我 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Lin'an) | 我, 是我, 什我 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Fuyang) | 我, 是我 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Xiaoshan) | 我 |
| Wu | Tonglu | 我, 是我 |
| Wu | Tonglu (Wusheng) | 我 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 我 |
| Wu | Zhuji | 我 |
| Wu | Shengzhou | 我 |
| Wu | Xinchang | 我 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 我, 我儂, 像我 |
| Wu | Ningbo (Zhenhai) | 我 |
| Wu | Ningbo (Fenghua) | 我 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 我 |
| Wu | Cixi | 我 |
| Wu | Xiangshan | 我, 像我 |
| Wu | Zhoushan | 伢 |
| Wu | Taizhou (Huangyan) | 我 |
| Wu | Tiantai | 我 |
| Wu | Xianju | 我 |
| Wu | Sanmen | 我 |
| Wu | Linhai | 我 |
| Wu | Wenling | 我俚 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 我 |
| Wu | Yueqing | 我 |
| Wu | Yongjia (Fenglin) | 我 |
| Wu | Rui'an | 我 |
| Wu | Pingyang | 我 |
| Wu | Taishun | 我 |
| Wu | Wencheng | 我 |
| Wu | Lishui | 我 |
| Wu | Qingtian | 我 |
| Wu | Jinyun | 我, 動我 |
| Wu | Wuyi (Liucheng) | 我 |
| Wu | Songyang (Xiping) | 我 |
| Wu | Yunhe | 我 |
| Wu | Jingning | 我 |
| Wu | Qingyuan | 我 |
| Wu | Longquan | 我 |
| Wu | Quzhou | 我 |
| Wu | Suichang | 我, 我儂 |
| Wu | Jiangshan | 我 |
| Wu | Changshan | 我 |
| Wu | Kaihua | 我, 我儂 |
| Wu | Longyou | 我, 我儂 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 我, 我儂 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 我, 我儂 |
| Wu | Yiwu | 我 |
| Wu | Yongkang | 我 |
| Wu | Pujiang | 我 |
| Wu | Dongyang | 我 |
| Wu | Wuyi | 我, 我儂 |
| Wu | Lanxi | 我, 我儂 |
| Wu | Shangrao | 阿儂 |
| Wu | Shangrao (Guangfeng) | 阿 |
| Wu | Yushan | 阿, 儂 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 我 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 我 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 我, 卬 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 我 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 我 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 我 |
| Note | † - as an attributive, used without 的; GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | † - as an attributive, used without 的; GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Compounds

* 予一人 (yúyīrén)
* 予取予求 (yúqǔyúqiú)
* 予小子
* 人莫予毒 (rénmòyúdú)
* 莫予毒也 (mòyúdúyě)

### Etymology 4

* For pronunciation and definitions of 予 – see 豫 (“relaxed; comfortable; at ease; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 豫).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 5

* For pronunciation and definitions of 予 – see 預 (“beforehand, in advance; to take part in; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 預).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Further reading

* “予”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 予 |
| Kyūjitai | 豫 |

### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 豫)
* beforehand, in advance

#### Readings

* Go-on: よ (yo, Jōyō)、しょ (sho)、じょ (jo)
* Kan-on: よ (yo, Jōyō)、しょ (sho)、ちょ (cho)
* Kun: あらかじめ (arakajime, 予め)、かねて (kanete, 予て)、かねる (kaneru, 予ねる)

#### Compounds

* 予(よ)報(ほう) (yohō)
* 予(よ)約(やく) (yoyaku, “reservation, appointment”)
* 予(よ)定(てい) (yotei, “schedule”)
* 予(よ)感(かん) (yokan)

### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
* I; me
* to give

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): よ (yo, Jōyō)
* Kun: われ (ware, 予)、あたえる (ataeru, 予える)、ゆるす (yurusu, 予す)

#### Compounds

* 予(よ)輩(はい) (yohai)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 予
* よ Grade: 3
* on'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 余
From Middle Chinese 予 (MC yo).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) よ [yóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [jo̞]

#### Pronoun

予(よ) • (yo)
* first-person personal pronoun; I, me
** 1802-1814: Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige (volume 1)
    予此街道に毫をはせて膝栗毛の書を著す。I, on this highway, in a little while, "Hizakurige"'s lyrics I'll write
** 1909, Isikawa Takuboku, Romazi Nikki
    Yo wa Sai wo aisiteru; aisiteru kara koso kono Nikki wo yomase taku nai no da.I love my Wife; it is precisely because I love her that I do not want her to read this Diary.

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 予
* われ Grade: 3
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 予 – see the following entry. :
| 【我われ】6 | [pronoun] first person singular pronoun: I, me, oneself [pronoun] (usually vulgar) second person singular pronoun: you Alternative spellings 吾, 余 |
(This term, 予, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.) :

### References

* ↑ “予”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* Asō, Isoji (1958) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 62: Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

予 (eum 여 (yeo))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

予: Hán Nôm readings: nhừ, dư, dự
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation