yù
residence
Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 禺 represents the sound. Simplified form of 庽.
Evolution
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 寓
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
apartment building | ||
moral (of a story) | ||
to reside | ||
dwelling | ||
fable |
Sources