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-<WL>宇 [yǔ] 宇宙 yǔzhòu cosmos; 庙宇 miàoyǔ temple
+<WL>宇 [yǔ] universe/cosmos (宇宙); shrine/temple (庙宇); house/building (栋宇)@@; (HDZ:) 屋檐; 房屋; 住处; 疆土, 国境; 上下四方整个空间; …
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-From 宀 (mián) ‘roof’ and 于 yú phonetic.
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 宇(􁎪𡧈) yǔ ‘eaves of a roof/building’ (屋宇) combines 宀 (mián) ‘roof/building’, and 于(􀵀亏) yú inside (phonosemantic); formerly also wr. 㝢(􁎫).
-	The 宀 roof of the universe, or of a temple.
+	Note: Formerly 宇 yǔ ‘eaves of a building’; later ‘building/house’; ‘residence’; ‘territory/domain’; ‘everyplace hereabout’; ... (HDZ).
+	Compare: 宙(􁏳) zhòu ‘roof peak/ridgepole’; 宇宙 yǔzhòu (lit.) ‘eaves and peak of a roof’, (fig.) ‘universe/cosmos (full night sky overhead)’.
+	HDZ: 宇 : yǔ : 屋檐; 房屋; 住处; 疆土, 国境; 上下四方整个空间; 扩大; 原野; 覆庇 (覆盖荫庇); 器宇, 风度; 车盖四周向外伸出的部分; (地质学) 在庙时间内形成的地层单位
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