寓
(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling; (bound form) to imply; to place; to contain (sth abstract)
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,716 U+5BD3
How 寓 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
宀 (semantic, “roof”) + 禺 (phonetic, yú)
components: 宀 禺
How to remember it
residence · Heisig RSH #2876
house + Talking Cricket
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 禺
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 禺 (yú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禺 sound component | yú | district; mountain in Zhejiang |
| 偶 | ǒu | accidentally, coincidently; mate, image, idol |
| 遇 | yù | to meet, to encounter, to come across |
| 愚 | yú | stupid, foolish |
| 耦 | ǒu | to plow side-by-side; pair, couple; a team of two |
| 隅 | yú | corner, cranny, niche |
| 喁 | yóng | to breathe like a fish; to gasp for breath |
Words containing 寓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寓管理于服务之中 | yù guǎn lǐ yú fú wù zhī zhōng | to make administration service-oriented |
| 寓意深长 | yù yì shēn cháng | to have profound import (idiom); to be deeply significant |
| 寓教于乐 | yù jiào yú lè | to make learning fun; to combine education and entertainment |
| 公寓大楼 | gōng yù dà lóu | apartment building |
| 寓意深远 | yù yì shēn yuǎn | the implied message is deep (idiom); having deep implications |
| 步登公寓 | bù dēng gōng yù | (Tw) walk-up apartment (postwar building style with stair access and no elevator) |
| 伊索寓言 | Yī suǒ Yù yán | Aesop's Fables, a collection of fables attributed to Aesop |
| 公寓楼 | gōng yù lóu | apartment building; CL:座[zuo4] |
| 公寓 | gōng yù | apartment building; block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (C… |
| 寓意 | yù yì | moral (of a story); lesson to be learned; implication; message; import; metaphorical meani… |
| 寓言 | yù yán | fable; allegory; parable; CL:則|则[ze2] |
| 寓目 | yù mù | (literary) to look over; to view |
| 寓所 | yù suǒ | dwelling |
| 寓居 | yù jū | to make one's home in; to reside in; to inhabit |