宇 — Chinese character
宇
yǔ
building, house, room, structure; space, the universe
- Pinyin
- yǔ
- Radical
- 40 ⼧ (Roof)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 宀 于
- Formation
- pictophonetic — building; meaning component 宀; sound component 于
- Japanese
- 宇 as a kanji
Common words with 宇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宇宙 | yǔ zhòu | universe; cosmos; space |
| 宇航员 (宇航員) | yǔ háng yuán | astronaut |
| 庙宇 (廟宇) | miào yǔ | temple |
| 楼宇 (樓宇) | lóu yǔ | building |
| 宇航 | yǔ háng | space flight |
| 宇宙飞船 (宇宙飛船) | yǔ zhòu fēi chuán | spaceship; spacecraft |
| 宇宙观 (宇宙觀) | yǔ zhòu guān | world view; conception of the universe |
| 寰宇 | huán yǔ | the whole earth; the universe |
| 宇宙学 (宇宙學) | yǔ zhòu xué | cosmology |
| 屋宇 | wū yǔ | (literary) house; building |
| 殿宇 | diàn yǔ | (literary) halls (of a palace or a temple) |
| 宇航局 | yǔ háng jú | space agency |
English words written with 宇
宇 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 6
- Mencius 1B.5
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Knowledge travels North
- Zhuangzi Kêng Sang Ch’u
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- Zhuangzi Lieh Tzŭ
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