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jyu5
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[1] [n] house; building; roof; structure [2] [n] look; appearance; countenance [3] space Stroke count: 6
Level: 3
Radical: 宀 (#40)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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| 宇 | |
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Don't confuse with: 子字 |
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| This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 | |
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宇宙
jyu5 zau6 = universe; the Cosmos
廟宇
miu6 jyu5 = temple; shrine
屋宇署
uk1 jyu5 cyu5 = house bureau
樓宇
lau4 jyu5 = building
二手樓宇
ji6 sau2 lau4 jyu5 = second-hand flats
問題樓宇
man6 tai4 lau4 jyu5 = dangerous buildings
宇航
jyu5 hong4 = space flight
宇宙射線
jyu5 zau6 se6 sin3 = cosmic ray
靖宇
zing6 jyu5 = Jingyu (place in Jilin)
吳宇森
ng4 jyu5 sam1 = John WooSee all 14 compounds |
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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/489/]宇[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/489/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">宇</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 宇
Unicode code for this character: U+5B87 (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/489/]宇[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/489/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">宇</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 宇
Unicode code for this character: U+5B87 (off-site link)
This page shows, from top to bottom:
- a large version of the character in a traditional script font which you may need to install
- : the Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation)
- : the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
- a detailed description of all the meanings
- the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
- our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
- a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)
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Copyright Adam Sheik 2003-2008.