宇

room; universe

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,691 U+5B87

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

宀 (semantic, “building”) + 于 (phonetic, yú)

components: 宀于

eaves · Heisig RSH #1282

house + clothing conveyor

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 于

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 于 (yú) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
于 sound component	yú	at, in, on; to, from; alas!
迂	yū	abstruse, pedantic, unrealistic
芋	yù	taro
盂	yú	basin; cup
吁	xū	alas; to sigh
竽	yú	free reed mouth organ
圩	xū	dike, embankment
盱	xū	eyes wide open; to gaze in astonishment
纡	yū	to twist, to turn, to bend; to distort
玗	yú	semi-precious stone
邘	yú	a state in Henan province

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
宇普西龙	yǔ pǔ xī lóng	upsilon (Greek letter Υυ)
美国宇航局	Měi guó Yǔ háng jú	US National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA
金宇中	Jīn Yǔ zhōng	Kim Woo-jung (1936-), Korean businessman and founder of the Daewoo Group
美宇航局	Měi Yǔ háng jú	US National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA; abbr. for 美國宇航局\|美国宇航局
宇航员	yǔ háng yuán	astronaut
大宇	Dà yǔ	Daewoo (Korean conglomerate)
宇航服	yǔ háng fú	spacesuit
李宇春	Lǐ Yǔ chūn	Li Yuchun aka Chris Lee (1984-), Chinese pop singer
气宇	qì yǔ	bearing; deportment
宇文	Yǔ wén	a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑\|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1] nomadic people; two-character surname Yuwen
宇航局	yǔ háng jú	space agency
器宇	qì yǔ	(literary) variant of 氣宇\|气宇[qi4 yu3]
宇航	yǔ háng	space flight
平行宇宙	píng xíng yǔ zhòu	parallel universe
眉宇	méi yǔ	(literary) forehead; (literary) countenance; features
多元宇宙	duō yuán yǔ zhòu	multiverse (cosmology)
宇宙射线	yǔ zhòu shè xiàn	cosmic ray
靖宇县	Jìng yǔ Xiàn	Jingyu, a county in Baishan City 白山市[Bai2 shan1 Shi4], Jilin
楼宇	lóu yǔ	building
琼楼玉宇	qióng lóu yù yǔ	bejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling