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See also: 预
預 U+9810, 預
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9810
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Translingual

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Han character

預 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+4, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓弓一月金 (NNMBC), four-corner 11286, composition ⿰予頁)

Derived characters

  • 𱠽, 澦, 𣛿, 𬘂, 𨮌, 𲊸, 𠟹, 蕷

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1401, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43373
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1917, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4363, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+9810
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (予) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *las): phonetic 予 (OC *la, *laʔ) + semantic 頁.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • Xiamen:
    • ū - literary;
    • ī - vernacular (“to participate; to play; to start”).
  • Taiwan:
    • ī/ū/īr/ǐr - literary;
    • ī - vernacular (“to play”).
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Definitions

預

  1. beforehand, in advance
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to take part in
  3. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to participate in an activity
  4. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to play (chess, cards, mahjong, hide-and-seek, etc.)
  5. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, of an activity) to start
  6. (Cantonese, Teochew) to foresee; to expect; to anticipate
    我預咗佢會遲到㗎啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我预咗佢会迟到㗎啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 jyu6 zo2 keoi5 wui5 ci4 dou3 gaa3 laa1. [Jyutping]
    I knew he was going to be late.
  7. (Cantonese, Teochew) to prepare; to plan for; to estimate
    今晚有朋友上嚟食飯，你預多啲飯餸喇喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    今晚有朋友上嚟食饭，你预多啲饭𩠌喇㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    gam1 maan5-1 jau5 pang4 jau5 soeng6 lai4 sik6 faan6, nei5 jyu6 do1 di1 faan6 sung3 laa3 wo3. [Jyutping]
    A friend is coming over for dinner tonight, so prepare more food.
  8. (Cantonese) to reserve a place; to count someone in
    預返啲位畀佢擺行李喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    预返啲位畀佢摆行李㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    jyu6 faan1 di1 wai6-2 bei2 keoi5 baai2 hang4 lei5 wo3. [Jyutping]
    Save some space for him to put his luggage.
    聽日旅行預埋你㗎喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    听日旅行预埋你㗎喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ting1 jat6 leoi5 hang4 jyu6 maai4 nei5 gaa3 laa3. [Jyutping]
    We're counting you in for tomorrow's trip.

Compounds

References

  • “預”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “预”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 292.
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Japanese

Kanji

預

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. beforehand
  2. to take care of
  3. to entrust

Readings

Compounds

Usage notes

See also 予.

Korean

Hanja

預 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

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Vietnamese

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