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Chinese symbol for “thereupon”

于是
yú shì
Traditional: 於是
thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence

The closest CC-CEDICT match for thereupon is 于是 (yú shì), defined as: thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

于 yú
at, in, on; to, from; alas!
radical 7 ⼆ · 3 strokes
是 shì
to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
radical 72 ⽇ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “thereupon”

WordPinyinMeaning
随之 (隨之)suí zhīthereupon; subsequently
乃nǎito be; thus
遂suìto satisfy; to succeed
爰yuántherefore; consequently
叵pǒnot; thereupon

Related words

Other words that share a character with 于是.

WordPinyinMeaning
对于 (對於)duì yúregarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
由于 (由於)yóu yúdue to; as a result of
关于 (關於)guān yúpertaining to; concerning
属于 (屬於)shǔ yúto belong to; to fall under (a category)
位于 (位於)wèi yúto be located at; to be situated at
终于 (終於)zhōng yúat last; in the end
不是bù shìno; is not
就是jiù shìexactly; precisely; only; simply; just

See also: Japanese symbol for “thereupon”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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