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于 — to go; to take

to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle

Pinyin
yú · Yú
Strokes
3
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

This character has more than one reading — yú, Yú — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 于: 3 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

于 — 3 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a printable practice sheet with 于

Words with 于 in the HSK syllabus: 43

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 关于guānyúpertaining to; concerning; with regard to; aboutHSK 3
  2. 终于zhōngyúat last; in the end; finally; eventuallyHSK 3
  3. 便于biànyúeasy to; convenient forHSK 4
  4. 低于dīyúto be lower thanHSK 4
  5. 对于duìyúregarding; as far as is concerned; with regard toHSK 4
  6. 高于gāoyúgreater than; to exceedHSK 4
  7. 用于yòngyúto use in; to use on; to use forHSK 4
  8. 由于yóuyúdue to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; sinceHSK 4
  9. 于是yúshìthereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; henceHSK 4
  10. 处于chǔyúto be inHSK 5
  11. 大于dàyúgreater than; bigger than; more thanHSK 5
  12. 等于děngyúto equal; to be tantamount toHSK 5
  13. 敢于gǎnyúto have the courage to do sth; to dare to; bold inHSK 5
  14. 过于guòyúexcessively; tooHSK 5
  15. 善于shànyúto be good at; to be adept atHSK 5
  16. 属于shǔyúto belong to; to fall underHSK 5
  17. 位于wèiyúto be located at; to be situated at; to lieHSK 5
  18. 小于xiǎoyúless than, <HSK 5
  19. 有助于yǒuzhùyúto contribute to; to promoteHSK 5
  20. 在于zàiyúto rest with; to lie in; to be due toHSK 5
  21. 不至于búzhìyúunlikely to go so far as to; not as bad asHSK 6
  22. 出于chūyúdue to; to stem fromHSK 6
  23. 乐于lèyúwilling; to take pleasure inHSK 6
  24. 限于xiànyúto be limited to; to be confined toHSK 6
  25. 易于yìyúvery likely; prone toHSK 6
  26. 勇于yǒngyúto dare to; to be brave enough toHSK 6
  27. 于yúto go; to takeHSK 6
  28. 源于yuányúhas its origins inHSK 6
  29. 至于zhìyúas for; as to; to go so far as toHSK 6
  30. 不亚于búyàyúno less than; not inferior toHSK 7–9
  31. 归于guīyúto belong to; affiliated to; to result in sthHSK 7–9
  32. 基于jīyúbecause of; on the basis of; in view ofHSK 7–9
  33. 急于jíyúeager to; in a hurry toHSK 7–9
  34. 急于求成jíyú-qiúchénganxious for quick results; to demand instant successHSK 7–9
  35. 鉴于jiànyúin view of; seeing that; considering; whereasHSK 7–9
  36. 介于jièyúbetween; intermediate; to lie betweenHSK 7–9
  37. 居于jūyúto occupyHSK 7–9
  38. 趋于qūyúto tend towardsHSK 7–9
  39. 无动于衷wúdòngyúzhōngaloof; indifferent; unconcernedHSK 7–9
  40. 无济于事wújìyúshìto no avail; of no useHSK 7–9

And 3 more across the higher levels — the full lists are on the level pages.

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.