Definitions
(verb)
to give
Etymology
Embellishment of the phonetically similar character 呂.
About
The character "予" originally functioned as a first-person pronoun in classical Chinese, equivalent to "I" or "me", and subsequently developed a verbal meaning of "to give" or "to grant". Etymologically, this shift represents an expansion of its semantic range, where the same character was employed for both self-reference and the act of bestowing. In its modern form, the structure consists of four strokes without decomposable semantic components. While its pronominal use has been largely replaced by "我" in contemporary language, the verbal sense endures in formal expressions and compound words such as "授予" and "予以".
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Example Sentences Hide
他给予我帮助。
学校予以奖励。
政府给予支持。
请予以考虑。
他们给予我们很多机会。
公司予以员工培训。
我们必须予以高度重视。
国际社会应予以发展中国家更多援助。