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<WL>於 [Yū] (surname)  [wū] (书) (archaic)  [yú] (S于) in, at, to, from, by, than @@[yī]
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<WL>於 [yú] (S于) in, at, to, from, by, than [yū] (surname) Yū  [wū] (古) 乌 crow (bird); (叹词) wow/alas!@@; (HDZ:) …  [yī] (HDC:) (神话中的山名) 於微閭 (醫無/巫閭)
 
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was formerly used as a variant of the preposition 于 yú, and is still used this way sometimes among full form characters. Among simple form characters, 於 is retained only for the surname Yū and the archaic exclamation wū.
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The Shuōwén forms of 於(􀪭𡖗􀪬𡗃) are said to be old variants of 乌(􀪫烏) wū ‘crow’ (depicting the bird); the form (􀪭𡖗𥾪扵) is an abbrev. of the old form 𡗃(􀪬), replacing the two 羽 ‘wings’ with 二 (two horizontal strokes, today wr. as two ⺀ dots); the abbrev. form 於 came to be used for ⑴ an exclamation 于/亏/於乎/呼 (乌/呜呼) wūhū ‘wow; alas’ (onomatopoeic, after the cry/caw of the bird; cf. 於戲/熙), and also for ⑵ 于 yú (prep./conj./aux.) ‘in/and/etc.’.
The shape of 於 is of unclear origin.
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Note: The left-side component in the old shapes 於(􀪭𡖗) and 𡗃(􀪬) relates to Confucian myths about 三足烏 Sānzúwū (the Three-Legged Crow which lives in the sun; cf. 烏).
According to Wieger, “has certainly nothing in common with . It is probably not an arbitrary contraction of 乌 wū. It seems to be a modern sign, invented to be used as a particle expressing the relation that exists between two terms of a proposition. It represents graphically the connection (left side) between 二 two distinct 刀 terms.
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Note: Among simple form characters 於 is always replaced by 于, except when writing the surname (于 Yú is used to write a different surname).
Karlgren says the word should be pronounced yū, in the first tone, and that the reading for 於 “is due to confusion with the synonymous but not etymologically identical 于”.
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“[] has certainly nothing in common with . It is probably not an arbitrary contraction of 乌 wū. It seems to be a modern sign, invented to be used as a particle expressing the relation that exists between two terms of a proposition. It represents graphically the connection (left side) between 二 two distinct 刀 terms.”—Wieger [If 於 is “a modern sign”, then “modern” means after Shuōwén (121 AD).]
#rG.069.36,085.17 W.117c K.AD1323,GSR61e D.3.2175.2 M.7643 KX..481.11 B.090.0.06
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“[於 ] is due to confusion with the synonymous but not etymologically identical 于”—Karlgren(AD).
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Compare: 淤(􁽃) yū ‘(accumulate, build up) silt/sediment’, also wr. 𡌧; 瘀(􁑜) yū ‘accumulation/stasis of blood’, formerly also wr. 淤.
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HDZ: 於 : wū : (鸟名) 烏 (乌鸦); (叹词) 表示赞美 • yú : 相依, 交往; 作, 为; 在, 存在; (介词) (于; 给, 与; 向; 以, 用; 为, 为了; 被; 对, 对于; 到, 至; 自, 从; 根据, 按照; 在于; 比; 跟); (连词) (与; 于是); (助词) (语气词); (古邑名); (姓)
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#rG.069.36,085.17 W.117c K.AD1323,GSR61e D.3.2175.2 M.7643 KX..481.11 B.090.0.06 E.1
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#y yu\
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Latest revision as of 05:42, 19 February 2019

[] (S​) in, at, to, from, by, than [] (surname) Yū [] (​) ​ crow (bird); (​) wow/alas!; (HDZ:) … [] (HDC:) (​) 於​ (​/​)

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The Shuōwén forms of 於(​𡖗𡗃) are said to be old variants of ​(​) wū ‘crow’ (depicting the bird); the form 於(​𡖗𥾪) is an abbrev. of the old form ​𡗃, replacing the two ​ ‘wings’ with ​ (two horizontal strokes, today wr. as two ​ dots); the abbrev. form 於 came to be used for ⑴ an exclamation ​/​/於​/​ (​/​) wūhū ‘wow; alas’ (onomatopoeic, after the cry/caw of the bird; cf. 於​/​), and also for ⑵ ​ yú (prep./conj./aux.) ‘in/and/etc.’.
    Note: The left-side component in the old shapes 於(​𡖗) and ​𡗃 relates to Confucian myths about ​ Sānzúwū (the Three-Legged Crow which lives in the sun; cf. ​).
    Note: Among simple form characters 於 is always replaced by ​, except when writing the surname 於 Yū (​ Yú is used to write a different surname).
    “[於] has certainly nothing in common with ​. It is probably not an arbitrary contraction of ​ wū. It seems to be a modern sign, invented to be used as a particle expressing the relation that exists between two terms of a proposition. It represents graphically the connection (left side) between ​ two distinct ​ terms.”—Wieger [If 於 is “a modern sign”, then “modern” means after Shuōwén (121 AD).]
    “[於 yú] is due to confusion with the synonymous but not etymologically identical ​”—Karlgren(AD).
    Compare: ​ yū ‘(accumulate, build up) silt/sediment’, also wr. ​𡌧; ​ yū ‘accumulation/stasis of blood’, formerly also wr. ​.
    HDZ: 於 : wū : (​) ​ (​); (​) ​ • yú : ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; (​) (​; ​, ​; ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​; ​; ​); (​) (​; ​); (​) (​); (​); (​)
►references: Guǎngyùn:069.36,085.17; Wieger:117c; Karlgren:AD1323,GSR61e; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:3.2175.2; Mathews:7643; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:481.11; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:090.0.06; EDOC:1
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