Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

与 (radical 1 一+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸一 (YSM), four-corner 2140₇, composition ⿱⺊⿹𠃌一)

1. and
2. with
3. to
4. for
5. give, grant

Usage notes

A traditional variant of 與, 与 is not used in modern (standardized) traditional Chinese.

Derived characters

• 與 写

Descendants

• よ

References

• KangXi: page 77, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20
• Dae Jaweon: page 154, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 5, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4E0E

Chinese

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 與)

1. bestow, impart, award, grant, give
2. participate in
3. provide
4. cause
5. gift
6. godsend

Readings

• On: よ (yo)
• Kun: あたう (与う, atau), あたゆ (与ゆ, atayu), あたえる (与える, ataeru), あずかる (与る, 与かる, azukaru), くみす (与す, kumisu), くみする (与する, kumisuru), ともに (tomo ni)
• Nanori: とも (tomo), ゆ (yu)

Compounds

Etymology

Compound of とも ‎(tomo, “with; both”) +‎ に ‎(ni, adverbial particle).^[1]

Use of the single kanji 与 to spell this phrase is very rare and archaic, and is an example of jukujikun.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• ともに (Heiban)^[2]
• と​もに (Atamadaka)^[2]
• IPA^(key): [to̞mo̞ ni]

Alternative forms

• ともに, 共に, 倶に

The more common spellings are ともに and 共に.

Adverb

与 ‎(hiragana ともに, romaji tomo ni)

1. 共に: together, with, both

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja

与 • ‎(yeo) (hangeul 여, revised yeo, McCune-Reischauer yŏ)

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Vietnamese

Han character

与 (dữ, dự, đử)

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References

• Nom Foundation