Zi:宇
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; …
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Cantonese-English Dictionary (namespace Jyut):
►jyu5 宇 b.f./char. ►san1 gaai3 siu2 jing4 uk1 jyu5 zing3 caak3 新界小型屋宇政策
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►⁶yǔ 宇 {E} b.f. ①eaves ►wūyǔ 屋宇 ②universe ►yǔzhòu 宇宙
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().
Note: Formerly 宇 yǔ ‘eaves of a building’; later ‘building/house’; ‘residence’; ‘territory/domain’; ‘everywhere here about’; ... (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
►references: Karlgren:GSR97h; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.911.7; Mathews:7594; Guǎngyùn:260.03; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:282.02; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:035.1.04; EDOC:1
►components: 宀于
►Cantonese: yuh/
Shuōwén: (𡧈)
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<stroke type='h' points='0,128 128,128' />
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</cdl>
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