2006-07-02 07:11:41 · 12 answers · asked by Curious In California 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Okay, the symbol obviously isn't showing up on some of your monitors.
LINK: http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f202/Brat2k2/symbol.jpg
2006-07-02 07:23:26 · update #1
It's used in Japan too, but in the same way as in China (see Cathy's reply!)
If you go here
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1C
and paste it in, you'll get lots of results with 宇 in them - but it's never used alone, and doesn't really have a meaning of it's own. It's more a sort of accessory to other kanji.
There's quite a lot here too if you want to look,
http://www.yesjapan.com/dictionary/yesjapan200k.php?language=Japanese&searchplace=containing&searchfor=%89F&go=Search%21&maxsearch=25
but this dictionary is more limited than the other.
It is used a lot in terms applying to space, but it's also used in ways with NO relation to space!
眉宇 【びう】 (n) brow
羅宇 【らう; らお】 (n) (1) Laos; (2) bamboo pipestem
気宇広大 【きうこうだい】 (n) magnanimous
宇牟須牟骨牌 【うんすんかるた】 (n) old card game
According to my Japanese husband, the 'space' connection is implied by the kanji used with it, rather than by 宇 itself.
For example,
宇宙病 【うちゅうびょう】 (n) space nausea
宙 = space / air / mid-air
病 = illness / disease.
2006-07-02 12:53:33 · answer #1 · answered by _ 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I checked the word using an online translator and it said "space". I guess it makes sense since this word usually goes together with another character to form å®å® which means the universe.
2006-07-02 16:05:54 · answer #2 · answered by Mappi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's more a symbol it can go with others to make words like "hao", agree with Cathy
2006-07-02 15:27:20 · answer #3 · answered by laydlo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's Chinese character. I know it. In fact, this single character doesn't mean anything, but combine it with other characters means different thing.
2006-07-02 15:07:03 · answer #4 · answered by Cathy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is pronounced as yu, with a falling then rising tone and is commonly referred to the universe.
2006-07-03 07:51:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well usually something with four closed sides is looked at as a rectangle
2006-07-02 14:15:02 · answer #6 · answered by cutiee_pie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a Chinese character but i forgot what it meant.
2006-07-02 14:46:11 · answer #7 · answered by chogie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By itself it's roof or house, pronounced "u".
2006-07-02 15:07:22 · answer #8 · answered by Belie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your symbol isn't showing
2006-07-02 14:15:13 · answer #9 · answered by chloe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i new it but forgot go symbols.com or yahoo signs i think
2006-07-02 14:15:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋